diff --git a/arch/mips/Kbuild.platforms b/arch/mips/Kbuild.platforms
index 68794bb..77e48b9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kbuild.platforms
+++ b/arch/mips/Kbuild.platforms
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 platforms += ar7
 platforms += loongson
 platforms += mipssim
+platforms += sgi-ip27
 
 # include the platform specific files
 include $(patsubst %, $(srctree)/arch/mips/%/Platform, $(platforms))
diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 57ca331..ec2cd73 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -347,26 +347,6 @@
 endif
 
 #
-# SGI-IP27 (Origin200/2000)
-#
-# Set the load address to >= 0xc000000000300000 if you want to leave space for
-# symmon, 0xc00000000001c000 for production kernels.  Note that the value must
-# be 16kb aligned or the handling of the current variable will break.
-#
-ifdef CONFIG_SGI_IP27
-core-$(CONFIG_SGI_IP27)		+= arch/mips/sgi-ip27/
-cflags-$(CONFIG_SGI_IP27)	+= -I$(srctree)/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ip27
-ifdef CONFIG_MAPPED_KERNEL
-load-$(CONFIG_SGI_IP27)		+= 0xc00000004001c000
-OBJCOPYFLAGS			:= --change-addresses=0x3fffffff80000000
-dataoffset-$(CONFIG_SGI_IP27)	+= 0x01000000
-else
-load-$(CONFIG_SGI_IP27)		+= 0xa80000000001c000
-OBJCOPYFLAGS			:= --change-addresses=0x57ffffff80000000
-endif
-endif
-
-#
 # SGI IP28 (Indigo2 R10k)
 #
 # Set the load address to >= 0xa800000020080000 if you want to leave space for
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/Makefile b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/Makefile
index 31f4931..1f29e76 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/Makefile
@@ -8,5 +8,3 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK)	+= ip27-console.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)		+= ip27-smp.o
-
-EXTRA_CFLAGS += -Werror
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/Platform b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/Platform
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fb9c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/Platform
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# SGI-IP27 (Origin200/2000)
+#
+# Set the load address to >= 0xc000000000300000 if you want to leave space for
+# symmon, 0xc00000000001c000 for production kernels.  Note that the value must
+# be 16kb aligned or the handling of the current variable will break.
+#
+ifdef CONFIG_SGI_IP27
+platform-$(CONFIG_SGI_IP27)	+= sgi-ip27/
+cflags-$(CONFIG_SGI_IP27)	+= -I$(srctree)/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ip27
+ifdef CONFIG_MAPPED_KERNEL
+load-$(CONFIG_SGI_IP27)		+= 0xc00000004001c000
+OBJCOPYFLAGS			:= --change-addresses=0x3fffffff80000000
+dataoffset-$(CONFIG_SGI_IP27)	+= 0x01000000
+else
+load-$(CONFIG_SGI_IP27)		+= 0xa80000000001c000
+OBJCOPYFLAGS			:= --change-addresses=0x57ffffff80000000
+endif
+endif