diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
index bdfffb091d124ec719d5c403b96e19078af788e5..68ea75fa6d35640984ff52951399f48ef58810dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 # error SPURIOUS_APIC_VECTOR definition error
 #endif
 
+unsigned long mp_lapic_addr;
+
 /*
  * Knob to control our willingness to enable the local APIC.
  *
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
index 18882697987e1d54b3b1245f5032aed463b75edc..728aa9900934e47ecf53497be009d03f6da1c63d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ int mp_irq_entries;
 int nr_ioapics;
 
 int pic_mode;
-unsigned long mp_lapic_addr;
 
 unsigned int def_to_bigsmp = 0;