diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/kexec.h b/include/asm-ia64/kexec.h
index f2ad469a6ddf..41299ddfee30 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/kexec.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/kexec.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         } while(0)
 
 extern struct kimage *ia64_kimage;
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(u64, ia64_mca_pal_base);
 extern const unsigned int relocate_new_kernel_size;
 extern void relocate_new_kernel(unsigned long, unsigned long,
 		struct ia64_boot_param *, unsigned long);
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/mca.h b/include/asm-ia64/mca.h
index ee97f7c2d462..41098f459684 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/mca.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/mca.h
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ struct ia64_mca_notify_die {
 	int *monarch_cpu;
 };
 
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(u64, ia64_mca_pal_base);
+
 #else	/* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #define IA64_MCA_CORRECTED	0x0	/* Error has been corrected by OS_MCA */