diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h b/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h
index 48348fe34c19..82e8a94b4b2f 100644
--- a/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h
@@ -1,6 +1,76 @@
 #ifndef __ALPHA_PERCPU_H
 #define __ALPHA_PERCPU_H
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/threads.h>
 
-#include <asm-generic/percpu.h>
+/*
+ * Determine the real variable name from the name visible in the
+ * kernel sources.
+ */
+#define per_cpu_var(var) per_cpu__##var
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+
+/*
+ * per_cpu_offset() is the offset that has to be added to a
+ * percpu variable to get to the instance for a certain processor.
+ */
+extern unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS];
+
+#define per_cpu_offset(x) (__per_cpu_offset[x])
+
+#define __my_cpu_offset per_cpu_offset(raw_smp_processor_id())
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT
+#define my_cpu_offset per_cpu_offset(smp_processor_id())
+#else
+#define my_cpu_offset __my_cpu_offset
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MODULE
+#define SHIFT_PERCPU_PTR(var, offset) RELOC_HIDE(&per_cpu_var(var), (offset))
+#define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES
+#else
+/*
+ * To calculate addresses of locally defined variables, GCC uses 32-bit
+ * displacement from the GP. Which doesn't work for per cpu variables in
+ * modules, as an offset to the kernel per cpu area is way above 4G.
+ *
+ * This forces allocation of a GOT entry for per cpu variable using
+ * ldq instruction with a 'literal' relocation.
+ */
+#define SHIFT_PERCPU_PTR(var, offset) ({		\
+	extern int simple_identifier_##var(void);	\
+	unsigned long __ptr, tmp_gp;			\
+	asm (  "br	%1, 1f		  	      \n\
+	1:	ldgp	%1, 0(%1)	    	      \n\
+		ldq %0, per_cpu__" #var"(%1)\t!literal"		\
+		: "=&r"(__ptr), "=&r"(tmp_gp));		\
+	(typeof(&per_cpu_var(var)))(__ptr + (offset)); })
+
+#define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES	__used
+
+#endif /* MODULE */
+
+/*
+ * A percpu variable may point to a discarded regions. The following are
+ * established ways to produce a usable pointer from the percpu variable
+ * offset.
+ */
+#define per_cpu(var, cpu) \
+	(*SHIFT_PERCPU_PTR(var, per_cpu_offset(cpu)))
+#define __get_cpu_var(var) \
+	(*SHIFT_PERCPU_PTR(var, my_cpu_offset))
+#define __raw_get_cpu_var(var) \
+	(*SHIFT_PERCPU_PTR(var, __my_cpu_offset))
+
+#else /* ! SMP */
+
+#define per_cpu(var, cpu)		(*((void)(cpu), &per_cpu_var(var)))
+#define __get_cpu_var(var)		per_cpu_var(var)
+#define __raw_get_cpu_var(var)		per_cpu_var(var)
+
+#endif /* SMP */
+
+#define DECLARE_PER_CPU(type, name) extern __typeof__(type) per_cpu_var(name)
 
 #endif /* __ALPHA_PERCPU_H */