diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/numa.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/numa.h
index 3499ff57bf42..6a8a27cfae3e 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/numa.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/numa.h
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/mmzone.h>
 
-#define NUMA_NO_NODE	-1
-
 extern u16 cpu_to_node_map[NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned;
 extern cpumask_t node_to_cpu_mask[MAX_NUMNODES] __cacheline_aligned;
 extern pg_data_t *pgdat_list[MAX_NUMNODES];
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
index 40e37b10c6c0..c5087d796587 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -35,11 +35,16 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-/* Node not present */
-#define NUMA_NO_NODE	(-1)
+/*
+ * to preserve the visibility of NUMA_NO_NODE definition,
+ * moved to there from here.  May be used independent of
+ * CONFIG_NUMA.
+ */
+#include <linux/numa.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
+
 #include <asm/mpspec.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
diff --git a/include/linux/numa.h b/include/linux/numa.h
index a31a7301b159..3aaa31603a86 100644
--- a/include/linux/numa.h
+++ b/include/linux/numa.h
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@
 
 #define MAX_NUMNODES    (1 << NODES_SHIFT)
 
+#define	NUMA_NO_NODE	(-1)
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_NUMA_H */