diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 5929ab10a289d8adeec09ee13ba0a4b03ed4d2ca..5a77206c2492e0c000140a18a179d7d461ab3dee 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 
-#define LOAD_OFFSET	(KERNEL_START - KERNEL_TR_PAGE_SIZE)
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 
 #define IVT_TEXT							\
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/system.h b/include/asm-ia64/system.h
index 26e250bfb91211580635ac4665734389d46cd45b..0db8c9812ceb19ce37a63f32cee2705a39ef0129 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/system.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  */
 #define KERNEL_START		 (GATE_ADDR+__IA64_UL_CONST(0x100000000))
 #define PERCPU_ADDR		(-PERCPU_PAGE_SIZE)
+#define LOAD_OFFSET		(KERNEL_START - KERNEL_TR_PAGE_SIZE)
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__