diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 1d93e73a7003..684ab1d49c65 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -516,3 +516,11 @@ void probe_machine(void)
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Using %s machine description\n", ppc_md.name);
 }
+
+int check_legacy_ioport(unsigned long base_port)
+{
+	if (ppc_md.check_legacy_ioport == NULL)
+		return 0;
+	return ppc_md.check_legacy_ioport(base_port);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(check_legacy_ioport);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 13e91c4d70a8..4467c49903b6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -594,14 +594,6 @@ void ppc64_terminate_msg(unsigned int src, const char *msg)
 	printk("[terminate]%04x %s\n", src, msg);
 }
 
-int check_legacy_ioport(unsigned long base_port)
-{
-	if (ppc_md.check_legacy_ioport == NULL)
-		return 0;
-	return ppc_md.check_legacy_ioport(base_port);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(check_legacy_ioport);
-
 void cpu_die(void)
 {
 	if (ppc_md.cpu_die)
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index bedb689b051f..dff1e67b1dd4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -4301,7 +4301,7 @@ static int __init floppy_init(void)
 	}
 
 	use_virtual_dma = can_use_virtual_dma & 1;
-#if defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
+#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_MERGE)
 	if (check_legacy_ioport(FDC1)) {
 		del_timer(&fd_timeout);
 		err = -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/i8042-io.h b/drivers/input/serio/i8042-io.h
index 9a9221644250..cc21914fbc72 100644
--- a/drivers/input/serio/i8042-io.h
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/i8042-io.h
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ static inline int i8042_platform_init(void)
  * On some platforms touching the i8042 data register region can do really
  * bad things. Because of this the region is always reserved on such boxes.
  */
-#if !defined(__sh__) && !defined(__alpha__) && !defined(__mips__) && !defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
+#if !defined(__sh__) && !defined(__alpha__) && !defined(__mips__) && !defined(CONFIG_PPC_MERGE)
 	if (!request_region(I8042_DATA_REG, 16, "i8042"))
 		return -EBUSY;
 #endif
 
         i8042_reset = 1;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
+#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_MERGE)
 	if (check_legacy_ioport(I8042_DATA_REG))
 		return -EBUSY;
 	if (!request_region(I8042_DATA_REG, 16, "i8042"))
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/io.h b/include/asm-powerpc/io.h
index 68efbea379c9..f1c2469b8844 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/io.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/io.h
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 
+/* Check of existence of legacy devices */
+extern int check_legacy_ioport(unsigned long base_port);
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_PPC64
 #include <asm-ppc/io.h>
 #else
@@ -437,9 +440,6 @@ out:
 #define dma_cache_wback(_start,_size)		do { } while (0)
 #define dma_cache_wback_inv(_start,_size)	do { } while (0)
 
-/* Check of existence of legacy devices */
-extern int check_legacy_ioport(unsigned long base_port);
-
 
 /*
  * Convert a physical pointer to a virtual kernel pointer for /dev/mem