diff --git a/include/linux/topology.h b/include/linux/topology.h
index fc839bfa7935aff66380a22e9b95589127ec66d2..e26db031303b69cee9954780f3ce3f8d276d8644 100644
--- a/include/linux/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/topology.h
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ int arch_update_cpu_topology(void);
 	.balance_interval	= 64,					\
 }
 
+#ifndef SD_NODES_PER_DOMAIN
+#define SD_NODES_PER_DOMAIN 16
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK
 #ifndef SD_BOOK_INIT
 #error Please define an appropriate SD_BOOK_INIT in include/asm/topology.h!!!
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index ec5f472bc5b9cec2a5c43ab7f8a054ecca75b39a..d258b2d9a66d0ef9b5c480d0aa64c6bdc8b6513b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -6947,8 +6947,6 @@ static int __init isolated_cpu_setup(char *str)
 
 __setup("isolcpus=", isolated_cpu_setup);
 
-#define SD_NODES_PER_DOMAIN 16
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 
 /**