diff --git a/include/asm-x86/hardirq_32.h b/include/asm-x86/hardirq_32.h
index 34649585bb59..918863530b92 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/hardirq_32.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/hardirq_32.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ typedef struct {
 } ____cacheline_aligned irq_cpustat_t;
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(irq_cpustat_t, irq_stat);
-extern irq_cpustat_t irq_stat[];
 
 #define __ARCH_IRQ_STAT
 #define __IRQ_STAT(cpu, member) (per_cpu(irq_stat, cpu).member)