diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/h8300/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index dc2d16ce8a0d..3e33a9844d99 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ int main(void)
 	OFFSET(TI_FLAGS, thread_info, flags);
 	OFFSET(TI_CPU, thread_info, cpu);
 	OFFSET(TI_PRE, thread_info, preempt_count);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPTION
+	DEFINE(TI_PRE_COUNT, offsetof(struct thread_info, preempt_count));
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }