diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index 061aa0f47bb1..bbf7ec582d60 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ atomic_t ppc_n_lost_interrupts;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TAU_INT
 extern int tau_initialized;
-extern int tau_interrupts(int);
+u32 tau_interrupts(unsigned long cpu);
 #endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC32 */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 0af5c11b9e78..62b1a40d8957 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -192,12 +192,6 @@ void machine_halt(void)
 	machine_hang();
 }
 
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_TAU
-extern u32 cpu_temp(unsigned long cpu);
-extern u32 cpu_temp_both(unsigned long cpu);
-#endif /* CONFIG_TAU */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, cpu_pvr);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup.h
index d144df54ad40..c6a592b67386 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup.h
@@ -62,4 +62,10 @@ void kvm_cma_reserve(void);
 static inline void kvm_cma_reserve(void) { };
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TAU
+u32 cpu_temp(unsigned long cpu);
+u32 cpu_temp_both(unsigned long cpu);
+u32 tau_interrupts(unsigned long cpu);
+#endif /* CONFIG_TAU */
+
 #endif /* __ARCH_POWERPC_KERNEL_SETUP_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c
index 8cdd852aedd1..8f02353c049e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/8xx_immap.h>
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
+#include <asm/asm-prototypes.h>
+
+#include "setup.h"
 
 static struct tau_temp
 {
@@ -259,12 +262,12 @@ u32 cpu_temp_both(unsigned long cpu)
 	return ((tau[cpu].high << 16) | tau[cpu].low);
 }
 
-int cpu_temp(unsigned long cpu)
+u32 cpu_temp(unsigned long cpu)
 {
 	return ((tau[cpu].high + tau[cpu].low) / 2);
 }
 
-int tau_interrupts(unsigned long cpu)
+u32 tau_interrupts(unsigned long cpu)
 {
 	return (tau[cpu].interrupts);
 }