diff --git a/lib/irq_regs.c b/lib/irq_regs.c
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+/* saved per-CPU IRQ register pointer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+#include <asm/irq_regs.h>
+
+#ifndef ARCH_HAS_OWN_IRQ_REGS
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pt_regs *, __irq_regs);
+#endif