diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..66ebaae449c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022-2023 Rivos, Inc
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_CPUFEATURE_H
+#define _ASM_CPUFEATURE_H
+
+/*
+ * These are probed via a device_initcall(), via either the SBI or directly
+ * from the corresponding CSRs.
+ */
+struct riscv_cpuinfo {
+	unsigned long mvendorid;
+	unsigned long marchid;
+	unsigned long mimpid;
+};
+
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct riscv_cpuinfo, riscv_cpuinfo);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
index 8400f0cc9704..dafd0caa4f1d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <asm/csr.h>
 #include <asm/hwcap.h>
 #include <asm/sbi.h>
@@ -70,12 +71,7 @@ int riscv_of_parent_hartid(struct device_node *node, unsigned long *hartid)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-struct riscv_cpuinfo {
-	unsigned long mvendorid;
-	unsigned long marchid;
-	unsigned long mimpid;
-};
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct riscv_cpuinfo, riscv_cpuinfo);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct riscv_cpuinfo, riscv_cpuinfo);
 
 unsigned long riscv_cached_mvendorid(unsigned int cpu_id)
 {