diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 51f82d83bf14..776ba6ad5e1e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <asm/btext.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
+#include <asm/sparsemem.h>
 #include <asm/vdso.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/sparsemem.h b/include/asm-powerpc/sparsemem.h
index 9aea8e9f0bd1..54a47ea2c3aa 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/sparsemem.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/sparsemem.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #define MAX_PHYSADDR_BITS       44
 #define MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS        44
 
+#endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 extern void create_section_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 extern int remove_section_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
@@ -26,7 +28,5 @@ static inline int hot_add_scn_to_nid(unsigned long scn_addr)
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_SPARSEMEM_H */