diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index f44b0d696fe2..c614a893f8a3 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -108,21 +108,7 @@ extern inline void free_pgd_slow(pgd_t *pgd)
 #define pmd_alloc_one_fast(mm, address)	({ BUG(); ((pmd_t *)1); })
 #define pmd_alloc_one(mm, address)	({ BUG(); ((pmd_t *)2); })
 
-static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
-		unsigned long address)
-{
-	pte_t *pte;
-	extern void *early_get_page(void);
-	if (mem_init_done) {
-		pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL |
-					__GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
-	} else {
-		pte = (pte_t *)early_get_page();
-		if (pte)
-			clear_page(pte);
-	}
-	return pte;
-}
+extern pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr);
 
 static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		unsigned long address)
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
index d31312cde6ea..c43bfc94e714 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -274,3 +274,18 @@ unsigned long iopa(unsigned long addr)
 
 	return pa;
 }
+
+__init_refok pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
+		unsigned long address)
+{
+	pte_t *pte;
+	if (mem_init_done) {
+		pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL |
+					__GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	} else {
+		pte = (pte_t *)early_get_page();
+		if (pte)
+			clear_page(pte);
+	}
+	return pte;
+}