diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/topology_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/topology_64.h
index 1c79f32734a0..8b9c556d630b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/topology_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/topology_64.h
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ static inline int pcibus_to_node(struct pci_bus *pbus)
 #define smt_capable()				(sparc64_multi_core)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
-#define cpu_coregroup_mask(cpu)			(&cpu_core_map[cpu])
+extern cpumask_t cpu_core_map[NR_CPUS];
+static inline const struct cpumask *cpu_coregroup_mask(int cpu)
+{
+        return &cpu_core_map[cpu];
+}
 
 #endif /* _ASM_SPARC64_TOPOLOGY_H */