diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 592d424..97dda05 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
+static ide_hwif_t ide_hwifs[MAX_HWIFS]; /* master data repository */
+
 /**
  *	generic_id		-	add a generic drive id
  *	@drive:	drive to make an ID block for
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 32d8ee2..b7855a1 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@
 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ide_lock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_lock);
 
-ide_hwif_t ide_hwifs[MAX_HWIFS];	/* master data repository */
-
 static void ide_port_init_devices_data(ide_hwif_t *);
 
 /*