1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/machdep.h b/include/asm-powerpc/machdep.h
index 5ed847680754..0f9254c18914 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/machdep.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/machdep.h
@@ -253,7 +253,11 @@ extern struct machdep_calls *machine_id;
 
 #define __machine_desc __attribute__ ((__section__ (".machine.desc")))
 
-#define define_machine(name) struct machdep_calls mach_##name __machine_desc =
+#define define_machine(name)                                    \
+        extern struct machdep_calls mach_##name;                \
+        EXPORT_SYMBOL(mach_##name);                             \
+        struct machdep_calls mach_##name __machine_desc =
+
 #define machine_is(name) \
         ({ \
                 extern struct machdep_calls mach_##name \