diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/dma_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/dma_64.c
index a2d076d005c073550a2326c24c8c034aa6572cdc..72fdc06df51e7496c55780aa94acb40d6846e2b1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/dma_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/dma_64.c
@@ -112,10 +112,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_iommu_ops);
 /*
  * Generic direct DMA implementation
  *
- * This implementation supports a global offset that can be applied if
- * the address at which memory is visible to devices is not 0.
+ * This implementation supports a per-device offset that can be applied if
+ * the address at which memory is visible to devices is not 0. Platform code
+ * can set archdata.dma_data to an unsigned long holding the offset. By
+ * default the offset is zero.
  */
-unsigned long dma_direct_offset;
 
 static unsigned long get_dma_direct_offset(struct device *dev)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/dma-mapping.h b/include/asm-powerpc/dma-mapping.h
index e974876e18d2c98c7239981c1c49b693a73b11a6..5eea6dbc0aa2d75c2a7f7846bcc89137b315bc8f 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/dma-mapping.h
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ static inline void dma_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
 extern struct dma_mapping_ops dma_iommu_ops;
 extern struct dma_mapping_ops dma_direct_ops;
 
-extern unsigned long dma_direct_offset;
-
 #else /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
 #define dma_supported(dev, mask)	(1)