diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
index 0f877a572cf062df4de8ffab76ea7a7dbed4a888..e5376dc5d0ccc817fb9bc1dfe7e8b7d0014dbe81 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ int nr_ioapics;
 
 int pic_mode;
 
-unsigned int def_to_bigsmp = 0;
-
 /* Processor that is doing the boot up */
 unsigned int boot_cpu_physical_apicid = -1U;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
index 58f3c1fbc5c3fae7f74263c5ed70df649d4bfd84..4b198d9d0de3d16b59d0bc0d333fbbe3055579ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 new_cpu_data __cpuinitdata = { 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, -1 };
 struct cpuinfo_x86 boot_cpu_data __read_mostly = { 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, -1 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_cpu_data);
 
+unsigned int def_to_bigsmp;
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86_PAE
 unsigned long mmu_cr4_features;
 #else