diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
index 0794646e68f0c31b8c5dfec330d627dd85473e27..d7d3594f93e30a27cf19e1dec3212939287db687 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ static unsigned long apic_phys;
 
 unsigned long mp_lapic_addr;
 
+/* Processor that is doing the boot up */
+unsigned int boot_cpu_physical_apicid = -1U;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_cpu_physical_apicid);
+
 /*
  * Get the LAPIC version
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_64.c
index a1d8d4432988f00e29ac6938d591bf6847ae8a5e..49e3bfe01022bac0ae3fcc20cb201452538c53e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_64.c
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ int mp_irq_entries;
 
 int nr_ioapics;
 
-/* Processor that is doing the boot up */
-unsigned int boot_cpu_physical_apicid = -1U;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_cpu_physical_apicid);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 u16 x86_bios_cpu_apicid_init[NR_CPUS] __initdata
     = {[0 ... NR_CPUS - 1] = BAD_APICID };