diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 72ba08dcfd18..1d45fd6365b7 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ extern void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
  * registers like cr3 on the i386
  */
 
-extern volatile DEFINE_PER_CPU(pgd_t *,current_pgd); /* defined in arch/cris/mm/fault.c */
+/* defined in arch/cris/mm/fault.c */
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(pgd_t *, current_pgd);
 
 static inline void enter_lazy_tlb(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
diff --git a/arch/cris/mm/fault.c b/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
index f925115e3250..4a7cdd9ea1ee 100644
--- a/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ extern void die_if_kernel(const char *, struct pt_regs *, long);
 
 /* current active page directory */
 
-volatile DEFINE_PER_CPU(pgd_t *,current_pgd);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(pgd_t *, current_pgd);
 unsigned long cris_signal_return_page;
 
 /*