diff --git a/include/linux/sched/topology.h b/include/linux/sched/topology.h
index 2d59ca77103e..b9b0dab4d067 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/topology.h
@@ -33,14 +33,13 @@ static const unsigned int SD_DEGENERATE_GROUPS_MASK =
 #undef SD_FLAG
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
-#define SD_FLAG(_name, mflags) [__##_name] = { .meta_flags = mflags, .name = #_name },
-static const struct {
+
+struct sd_flag_debug {
 	unsigned int meta_flags;
 	char *name;
-} sd_flag_debug[] = {
-#include <linux/sched/sd_flags.h>
 };
-#undef SD_FLAG
+extern const struct sd_flag_debug sd_flag_debug[];
+
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index 0655524700d2..0d7896d2a0b2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -245,6 +245,12 @@ set_table_entry(struct ctl_table *entry,
 	entry->proc_handler = proc_handler;
 }
 
+#define SD_FLAG(_name, mflags) [__##_name] = { .meta_flags = mflags, .name = #_name },
+const struct sd_flag_debug sd_flag_debug[] = {
+#include <linux/sched/sd_flags.h>
+};
+#undef SD_FLAG
+
 static int sd_ctl_doflags(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			  void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {