diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/numa.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/numa.h
index ebef7f40aabb..c5c253cb9bd6 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/numa.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/numa.h
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ extern struct node_cpuid_s node_cpuid[NR_CPUS];
  */
 
 extern u8 numa_slit[MAX_NUMNODES * MAX_NUMNODES];
-#define node_distance(from,to) (numa_slit[(from) * MAX_NUMNODES + (to)])
+#define slit_distance(from,to) (numa_slit[(from) * MAX_NUMNODES + (to)])
+extern int __node_distance(int from, int to);
+#define node_distance(from,to) __node_distance(from, to)
 
 extern int paddr_to_nid(unsigned long paddr);
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
index 1dacbf5e9e09..41eb281709da 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
@@ -578,8 +578,8 @@ void __init acpi_numa_fixup(void)
 	if (!slit_table) {
 		for (i = 0; i < MAX_NUMNODES; i++)
 			for (j = 0; j < MAX_NUMNODES; j++)
-				node_distance(i, j) = i == j ? LOCAL_DISTANCE :
-							REMOTE_DISTANCE;
+				slit_distance(i, j) = i == j ?
+					LOCAL_DISTANCE : REMOTE_DISTANCE;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ void __init acpi_numa_fixup(void)
 			if (!pxm_bit_test(j))
 				continue;
 			node_to = pxm_to_node(j);
-			node_distance(node_from, node_to) =
+			slit_distance(node_from, node_to) =
 			    slit_table->entry[i * slit_table->locality_count + j];
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c b/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c
index 3861d6e32d5f..a03803506b0c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ struct node_cpuid_s node_cpuid[NR_CPUS] =
  */
 u8 numa_slit[MAX_NUMNODES * MAX_NUMNODES];
 
+int __node_distance(int from, int to)
+{
+	return slit_distance(from, to);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__node_distance);
+
 /* Identify which cnode a physical address resides on */
 int
 paddr_to_nid(unsigned long paddr)