diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/page.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/page.h
index ad1fccdb8d13e..2046c02302240 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/page.h
@@ -200,8 +200,9 @@ static inline int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
 {
 	/* avoid <linux/mm.h> include hell */
 	extern unsigned long max_mapnr;
+	unsigned long pfn_offset = ARCH_PFN_OFFSET;
 
-	return pfn >= ARCH_PFN_OFFSET && pfn < max_mapnr;
+	return pfn >= pfn_offset && pfn < max_mapnr;
 }
 
 #elif defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM)