diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a3dda39f0b89..e8ba660f24cf 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 55308c3712f56279d5547ef6e97d365ac3ab9e6d
+refs/heads/master: 916a3d5729c8b710d56acf579f3fdb4de7c03e77
diff --git a/trunk/include/asm-powerpc/machdep.h b/trunk/include/asm-powerpc/machdep.h
index 5ed847680754..0f9254c18914 100644
--- a/trunk/include/asm-powerpc/machdep.h
+++ b/trunk/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 \