diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/include/mach/entry-macro.S b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/include/mach/entry-macro.S
index c9be6d4d83e2..bfb4fb1d7382 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/include/mach/entry-macro.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/include/mach/entry-macro.S
@@ -14,19 +14,6 @@
 #include <mach/irqs.h>
 #include <asm/hardware/gic.h>
 
-/*
- * We use __glue to avoid errors with multiple definitions of
- * .globl omap_irq_flags as it's included from entry-armv.S but not
- * from entry-common.S.
- */
-#ifdef __glue
-		.pushsection .data
-		.globl	omap_irq_flags
-omap_irq_flags:
-		.word	0
-		.popsection
-#endif
-
  		.macro	disable_fiq
 		.endm
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/irq.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/irq.c
index 47701584df35..731dd33bff51 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/irq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/irq.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct omap_irq_bank {
 	unsigned long wake_enable;
 };
 
+u32 omap_irq_flags;
 static unsigned int irq_bank_count;
 static struct omap_irq_bank *irq_banks;
 
@@ -176,7 +177,6 @@ static struct irq_chip omap_irq_chip = {
 
 void __init omap_init_irq(void)
 {
-	extern unsigned int omap_irq_flags;
 	int i, j;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP730) || defined(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP850)