diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
index 8a0dd18ba642..ac6851133fe3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ struct machine_desc {
 	 * by assembler code in head.S, head-common.S
 	 */
 	unsigned int		nr;		/* architecture number	*/
-	unsigned int		nr_irqs;	/* number of IRQs */
 	unsigned int		phys_io;	/* start of physical io	*/
 	unsigned int		io_pg_offst;	/* byte offset for io 
 						 * page tabe entry	*/
@@ -28,6 +27,8 @@ struct machine_desc {
 	const char		*name;		/* architecture name	*/
 	unsigned long		boot_params;	/* tagged list		*/
 
+	unsigned int		nr_irqs;	/* number of IRQs */
+
 	unsigned int		video_start;	/* start of video RAM	*/
 	unsigned int		video_end;	/* end of video RAM	*/