diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
index 41fc93a2e225..2f4d924fe6c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static inline void native_clts(void)
  * all loads stores around it, which can hurt performance. Solution is to
  * use a variable and mimic reads and writes to it to enforce serialization
  */
-static unsigned long __force_order;
+extern unsigned long __force_order;
 
 static inline unsigned long native_read_cr0(void)
 {