diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
index c95855ba6ab576f7063f3bdf825efb8182a13b9a..fb11992f0b8a8da6eac9ffa17911a45618881f9e 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
@@ -367,16 +367,6 @@ struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 	return pte;
 }
 
-struct iomem_region *iomem_regions = NULL;
-int iomem_size = 0;
-
-extern int parse_iomem(char *str, int *add) __init;
-
-__uml_setup("iomem=", parse_iomem,
-"iomem=<name>,<file>\n"
-"    Configure <file> as an IO memory region named <name>.\n\n"
-);
-
 /*
  * Overrides for Emacs so that we follow Linus's tabbing style.
  * Emacs will notice this stuff at the end of the file and automatically
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c b/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c
index abafa64b8727ecef4e0b35f04fbcae7d7551662a..22d3cf3596699ae0a11fbb533659507f67e07c66 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c
@@ -398,6 +398,23 @@ __uml_setup("mem=", uml_mem_setup,
 "	Example: mem=64M\n\n"
 );
 
+extern int __init parse_iomem(char *str, int *add);
+
+__uml_setup("iomem=", parse_iomem,
+"iomem=<name>,<file>\n"
+"    Configure <file> as an IO memory region named <name>.\n\n"
+);
+
+/*
+ * This list is constructed in parse_iomem and addresses filled in in
+ * setup_iomem, both of which run during early boot.  Afterwards, it's
+ * unchanged.
+ */
+struct iomem_region *iomem_regions = NULL;
+
+/* Initialized in parse_iomem */
+int iomem_size = 0;
+
 unsigned long find_iomem(char *driver, unsigned long *len_out)
 {
 	struct iomem_region *region = iomem_regions;