diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
index 4d810b0384a5..bf29dcc37de7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@ unsigned int boot_cpu_physical_apicid = -1U;
 /* Make it easy to share the UP and SMP code: */
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86_SMP
 unsigned int num_processors;
-#endif
-
 unsigned disabled_cpus __cpuinitdata;
+#endif
 
 /* Make it easy to share the UP and SMP code: */
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86_SMP
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index e1288c2626f8..d3402e2c57eb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(x86_bios_cpu_apicid);
 
 /* Internal processor count */
 unsigned int num_processors;
+unsigned disabled_cpus __cpuinitdata;
 
 /* Bitmask of physically existing CPUs */
 physid_mask_t phys_cpu_present_map;