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 *);
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 535c439..15d5668 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -801,18 +801,6 @@
 
 int generic_ide_ioctl(ide_drive_t *, struct file *, struct block_device *, unsigned, unsigned long);
 
-/*
- * ide_hwifs[] is the master data structure used to keep track
- * of just about everything in ide.c.  Whenever possible, routines
- * should be using pointers to a drive (ide_drive_t *) or
- * pointers to a hwif (ide_hwif_t *), rather than indexing this
- * structure directly (the allocation/layout may change!).
- *
- */
-#ifndef _IDE_C
-extern	ide_hwif_t	ide_hwifs[];		/* master data repository */
-#endif
-
 extern int ide_vlb_clk;
 extern int ide_pci_clk;