diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 4b53a647bc0a..a9331a42f76f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, idle_thread_array);
 #define get_idle_for_cpu(x)      (per_cpu(idle_thread_array, x))
 #define set_idle_for_cpu(x, p)   (per_cpu(idle_thread_array, x) = (p))
 #else
-struct task_struct *idle_thread_array[NR_CPUS] __cpuinitdata ;
+static struct task_struct *idle_thread_array[NR_CPUS] __cpuinitdata ;
 #define get_idle_for_cpu(x)      (idle_thread_array[(x)])
 #define set_idle_for_cpu(x, p)   (idle_thread_array[(x)] = (p))
 #endif
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int boot_cpu_logical_apicid;
 static cpumask_t cpu_sibling_setup_map;
 
 /* Set if we find a B stepping CPU */
-int __cpuinitdata smp_b_stepping;
+static int __cpuinitdata smp_b_stepping;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NUMA) && defined(CONFIG_X86_32)