diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h
index b86faa9107da..8a97aa7289d3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_POWERPC_REG_BOOKE_H__
 #define __ASM_POWERPC_REG_BOOKE_H__
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE_WDT
-extern u32 booke_wdt_enabled;
-extern u32 booke_wdt_period;
-#endif /* CONFIG_BOOKE_WDT */
-
 /* Machine State Register (MSR) Fields */
 #define MSR_GS		(1<<28) /* Guest state */
 #define MSR_UCLE	(1<<26)	/* User-mode cache lock enable */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
index 9825f29d1faf..ec8a53fa9e8f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ notrace void __init machine_init(u64 dt_ptr)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE_WDT
+extern u32 booke_wdt_enabled;
+extern u32 booke_wdt_period;
+
 /* Checks wdt=x and wdt_period=xx command-line option */
 notrace int __init early_parse_wdt(char *p)
 {