diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/compat.c b/arch/arm/kernel/compat.c
index 7195add42e74..60cfa7f3226c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/compat.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 
+#include "compat.h"
+
 /*
  * Usage:
  *  - do not go blindly adding fields, add them at the end
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/compat.h b/arch/arm/kernel/compat.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27e61a68bd1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/compat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/arch/arm/kernel/compat.h
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2001 Russell King
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+*/
+
+extern void convert_to_tag_list(struct tag *tags);
+
+extern void squash_mem_tags(struct tag *tag);
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 68273b4dc882..c214dc56be4a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include <asm/mach/irq.h>
 #include <asm/mach/time.h>
 
+#include "compat.h"
+
 #ifndef MEM_SIZE
 #define MEM_SIZE	(16*1024*1024)
 #endif
@@ -55,8 +57,6 @@ __setup("fpe=", fpe_setup);
 
 extern unsigned int mem_fclk_21285;
 extern void paging_init(struct meminfo *, struct machine_desc *desc);
-extern void convert_to_tag_list(struct tag *tags);
-extern void squash_mem_tags(struct tag *tag);
 extern void reboot_setup(char *str);
 extern int root_mountflags;
 extern void _stext, _text, _etext, __data_start, _edata, _end;