diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
index 06d0973a0d74..2a120c024334 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/hardirq.h>
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, asid_cache) = ASID_USER_FIRST;
 void bad_page_fault(struct pt_regs*, unsigned long, int);
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c
index 38acda4f04e8..92e158c69c10 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <asm/initialize_mmu.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, asid_cache) = ASID_USER_FIRST;
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_HIGHMEM)
 static void * __init init_pmd(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long n_pages)
 {