diff --git a/include/linux/topology.h b/include/linux/topology.h
index da6c39b2d051..d0890a7e5bab 100644
--- a/include/linux/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/topology.h
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
 	for_each_online_node(node)						\
 		if (nr_cpus_node(node))
 
-#ifndef node_distance
 /* Conform to ACPI 2.0 SLIT distance definitions */
 #define LOCAL_DISTANCE		10
 #define REMOTE_DISTANCE		20
+#ifndef node_distance
 #define node_distance(from,to)	((from) == (to) ? LOCAL_DISTANCE : REMOTE_DISTANCE)
 #endif
 #ifndef RECLAIM_DISTANCE