diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index c6d1ab650778..f484a343efba 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -783,6 +783,10 @@ extern void scom970_write(unsigned int address, unsigned long value);
 #define __get_SP()	({unsigned long sp; \
 			asm volatile("mr %0,1": "=r" (sp)); sp;})
 
+struct pt_regs;
+
+extern void ppc_save_regs(struct pt_regs *regs);
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_REG_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
index 92673b43858d..616c8891d858 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)		+= $(obj64-y)
 
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_XMON),)
+obj-y				+= ppc_save_regs.o
+endif
+
 extra-$(CONFIG_PPC_FPU)		+= fpu.o
 extra-$(CONFIG_PPC64)		+= entry_64.o
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/setjmp.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_save_regs.S
similarity index 98%
rename from arch/powerpc/xmon/setjmp.S
rename to arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_save_regs.S
index 04c0b305ad4a..5113bd2285e1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/setjmp.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_save_regs.S
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * that will be different for 32-bit and 64-bit, because of the
  * different ABIs, though).
  */
-_GLOBAL(xmon_save_regs)
+_GLOBAL(ppc_save_regs)
 	PPC_STL	r0,0*SZL(r3)
 	PPC_STL	r2,2*SZL(r3)
 	PPC_STL	r3,3*SZL(r3)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/xmon/Makefile
index 51d97588e762..9cb03b71b9d6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -mno-minimal-toc
 endif
 
-obj-y			+= xmon.o setjmp.o start.o nonstdio.o
+obj-y			+= xmon.o start.o nonstdio.o
 
 ifdef CONFIG_XMON_DISASSEMBLY
 obj-y			+= ppc-dis.o ppc-opc.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
index 076368c8b8a9..8dfad7d9a004 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <asm/spu_priv1.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/setjmp.h>
+#include <asm/reg.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #include <asm/hvcall.h>
@@ -159,8 +160,6 @@ static int xmon_no_auto_backtrace;
 extern void xmon_enter(void);
 extern void xmon_leave(void);
 
-extern void xmon_save_regs(struct pt_regs *);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #define REG		"%.16lx"
 #define REGS_PER_LINE	4
@@ -532,7 +531,7 @@ int xmon(struct pt_regs *excp)
 	struct pt_regs regs;
 
 	if (excp == NULL) {
-		xmon_save_regs(&regs);
+		ppc_save_regs(&regs);
 		excp = &regs;
 	}