diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c
index 6994c751590e..0d654bd32928 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 #include <asm/msr.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/microcode.h>
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel CPU (IA-32) Microcode Update Driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>");
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/microcode.h b/include/asm-x86/microcode.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a0556855154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-x86/microcode.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+struct microcode_header {
+	unsigned int            hdrver;
+	unsigned int            rev;
+	unsigned int            date;
+	unsigned int            sig;
+	unsigned int            cksum;
+	unsigned int            ldrver;
+	unsigned int            pf;
+	unsigned int            datasize;
+	unsigned int            totalsize;
+	unsigned int            reserved[3];
+};
+
+struct microcode {
+	struct microcode_header hdr;
+	unsigned int            bits[0];
+};
+
+typedef struct microcode          microcode_t;
+typedef struct microcode_header   microcode_header_t;
+
+/* microcode format is extended from prescott processors */
+struct extended_signature {
+	unsigned int            sig;
+	unsigned int            pf;
+	unsigned int            cksum;
+};
+
+struct extended_sigtable {
+	unsigned int            count;
+	unsigned int            cksum;
+	unsigned int            reserved[3];
+	struct extended_signature sigs[0];
+};
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/processor.h b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
index 5f58da401b43..58a76f69ee31 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
@@ -561,41 +561,6 @@ static inline void clear_in_cr4(unsigned long mask)
 	write_cr4(cr4);
 }
 
-struct microcode_header {
-	unsigned int		hdrver;
-	unsigned int		rev;
-	unsigned int		date;
-	unsigned int		sig;
-	unsigned int		cksum;
-	unsigned int		ldrver;
-	unsigned int		pf;
-	unsigned int		datasize;
-	unsigned int		totalsize;
-	unsigned int		reserved[3];
-};
-
-struct microcode {
-	struct microcode_header	hdr;
-	unsigned int		bits[0];
-};
-
-typedef struct microcode	microcode_t;
-typedef struct microcode_header	microcode_header_t;
-
-/* microcode format is extended from prescott processors */
-struct extended_signature {
-	unsigned int		sig;
-	unsigned int		pf;
-	unsigned int		cksum;
-};
-
-struct extended_sigtable {
-	unsigned int		count;
-	unsigned int		cksum;
-	unsigned int		reserved[3];
-	struct extended_signature sigs[0];
-};
-
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned long		seg;
 } mm_segment_t;