diff --git a/include/asm-generic/hardirq.h b/include/asm-generic/hardirq.h
index d14214dfc10b..f5dd99781e3c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/hardirq.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/hardirq.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned int __softirq_pending;
+#ifdef ARCH_WANTS_NMI_IRQSTAT
+	unsigned int __nmi_count;
+#endif
 } ____cacheline_aligned irq_cpustat_t;
 
 #include <linux/irq_cpustat.h>	/* Standard mappings for irq_cpustat_t above */