diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/highmem.h
index c3cbda90391d..90d96239152f 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/highmem.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/highmem.h
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 
+#define kmap_prot		PAGE_KERNEL
 extern pte_t *kmap_pte;
-extern pgprot_t kmap_prot;
 extern pte_t *pkmap_page_table;
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c b/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
index dcaa53d11339..d943f69784b1 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ unsigned long lowmem_size;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 pte_t *kmap_pte;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmap_pte);
-pgprot_t kmap_prot;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmap_prot);
 
 static inline pte_t *virt_to_kpte(unsigned long vaddr)
 {
@@ -68,7 +66,6 @@ static void __init highmem_init(void)
 	pkmap_page_table = virt_to_kpte(PKMAP_BASE);
 
 	kmap_pte = virt_to_kpte(__fix_to_virt(FIX_KMAP_BEGIN));
-	kmap_prot = PAGE_KERNEL;
 }
 
 static void highmem_setup(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/highmem.h
index 373a470df205..ee5de974c5ef 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/highmem.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/highmem.h
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 
+#define kmap_prot		PAGE_KERNEL
 extern pte_t *kmap_pte;
-extern pgprot_t kmap_prot;
 extern pte_t *pkmap_page_table;
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 0fcea21f26b4..7cebb9c818d3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ bool init_mem_is_free;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 pte_t *kmap_pte;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmap_pte);
-pgprot_t kmap_prot;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmap_prot);
 #endif
 
 pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
@@ -245,7 +243,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	pkmap_page_table = virt_to_kpte(PKMAP_BASE);
 
 	kmap_pte = virt_to_kpte(__fix_to_virt(FIX_KMAP_BEGIN));
-	kmap_prot = PAGE_KERNEL;
 #endif /* CONFIG_HIGHMEM */
 
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "Top of RAM: 0x%llx, Total RAM: 0x%llx\n",
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c b/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c
index 06798ae813b9..02e23a677c58 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <asm/vaddrs.h>
 
 pgprot_t kmap_prot;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmap_prot);
 
 static pte_t *kmap_pte;