diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/prom.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/prom.h
index d4f57ff..c92b4a9 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/prom.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/prom.h
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
 extern struct device_node *allnodes;	/* temporary while merging */
 extern rwlock_t devtree_lock;	/* temporary while merging */
 
-extern struct device_node *of_find_all_nodes(struct device_node *prev);
-extern struct device_node *of_node_get(struct device_node *node);
-extern void of_node_put(struct device_node *node);
-
 /* For scanning the flat device-tree at boot time */
 extern int __init of_scan_flat_dt(int (*it)(unsigned long node,
 					const char *uname, int depth,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h
index d8c0525..622769c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
 
 #define HAVE_ARCH_DEVTREE_FIXUPS
 
-extern struct device_node *of_find_all_nodes(struct device_node *prev);
-extern struct device_node *of_node_get(struct device_node *node);
-extern void of_node_put(struct device_node *node);
-
 /* For scanning the flat device-tree at boot time */
 extern int __init of_scan_flat_dt(int (*it)(unsigned long node,
 					    const char *uname, int depth,
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/prom.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/prom.h
index ddbd870..f845828 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/prom.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/prom.h
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@
 extern void of_populate_present_mask(void);
 extern void of_fill_in_cpu_data(void);
 
-/* Dummy ref counting routines - to be implemented later */
-static inline struct device_node *of_node_get(struct device_node *node)
-{
-	return node;
-}
-static inline void of_node_put(struct device_node *node)
-{
-}
-
 /* These routines are here to provide compatibility with how powerpc
  * handles IRQ mapping for OF device nodes.  We precompute and permanently
  * register them in the of_device objects, whereas powerpc computes them
diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index 18e4379..4636bba 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -79,6 +79,22 @@
 	dn->pde = de;
 }
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPARC)
+/* Dummy ref counting routines - to be implemented later */
+static inline struct device_node *of_node_get(struct device_node *node)
+{
+	return node;
+}
+static inline void of_node_put(struct device_node *node)
+{
+}
+
+#else
+extern struct device_node *of_find_all_nodes(struct device_node *prev);
+extern struct device_node *of_node_get(struct device_node *node);
+extern void of_node_put(struct device_node *node);
+#endif
+
 /*
  * OF address retreival & translation
  */