diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index b7b2142b58e7e8f81671afd4494751cb29b7b005..d9313d9adcedd04479a041a11709627032ca3a52 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -623,16 +623,6 @@ cpumask_t cpu_initialized __cpuinitdata = CPU_MASK_NONE;
  * They will insert themselves into the cpu_devs structure.
  * Then, when cpu_init() is called, we can just iterate over that array.
  */
-
-extern int intel_cpu_init(void);
-extern int cyrix_init_cpu(void);
-extern int nsc_init_cpu(void);
-extern int amd_init_cpu(void);
-extern int centaur_init_cpu(void);
-extern int transmeta_init_cpu(void);
-extern int nexgen_init_cpu(void);
-extern int umc_init_cpu(void);
-
 void __init early_cpu_init(void)
 {
 	intel_cpu_init();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
index ad6527a5beb12ba086ab643553722aa31fdbc08a..e0b38c33d84276c971110146960ecdcc1b11fdb3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
@@ -27,3 +27,12 @@ extern void display_cacheinfo(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 extern void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 extern void early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 
+/* Specific CPU type init functions */
+int intel_cpu_init(void);
+int amd_init_cpu(void);
+int cyrix_init_cpu(void);
+int nsc_init_cpu(void);
+int centaur_init_cpu(void);
+int transmeta_init_cpu(void);
+int nexgen_init_cpu(void);
+int umc_init_cpu(void);