diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
index b4fbbba30aa2..d2c2546e9b1a 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 static int alpha_panic_event(struct notifier_block *, unsigned long, void *);
 static struct notifier_block alpha_panic_block = {
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
index 41f07b3e594e..b681bdd21a0c 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/cache.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/mount.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/arcregs.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 1e8a50a97edf..83240c3c0463 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
 #include <linux/psci.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #include <asm/unified.h>
 #include <asm/cp15.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
index d7702f39b4d3..4c1b12918aed 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/personality.h>
 #include <linux/preempt.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
diff --git a/arch/csky/kernel/cpu-probe.c b/arch/csky/kernel/cpu-probe.c
index 5f15ca31d3e8..62580f5d0d74 100644
--- a/arch/csky/kernel/cpu-probe.c
+++ b/arch/csky/kernel/cpu-probe.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #include <abi/reg_ops.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/setup.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/setup.c
index 1880d9beaf2b..395d2930dbd1 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/setup.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index fd6301eafa9d..973725c4ce1e 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
 #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #include <asm/mca.h>
 #include <asm/meminit.h>
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/proc.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/proc.c
index 5c67cc4fd56d..a8cbebe839e2 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/proc.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/proc.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/cpu-features.h>
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_mm.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_mm.c
index e62fa8f2149b..45d82a4839fc 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_mm.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_mm.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/nvram.h>
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_no.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_no.c
index cb6def585851..86dd4b47ff43 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_no.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_no.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <linux/root_dev.h>
 #include <linux/rtc.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h
index 7e9e92670df3..c5877c91116a 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #include <asm/current.h>
 
 # ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-/* from kernel/cpu/mb.c */
-extern const struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op;
 
 # define cpu_relax()		barrier()
 
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/mb.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/mb.c
index 9581d194d9e4..33f5be916121 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/mb.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/mb.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #include <linux/bug.h>
 #include <asm/cpuinfo.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c b/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
index 8eba5a1ed664..54a4226cff84 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/cpu-features.h>
diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/cpuinfo.c b/arch/nios2/kernel/cpuinfo.c
index 203870c4b86d..9641ca55377e 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/cpuinfo.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/cpuinfo.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <asm/cpuinfo.h>
 
 struct cpuinfo cpuinfo;
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c
index 0cd04d936a7a..a628c928941b 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/types.h>
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
index f005ddedb50e..d00488507f49 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/sched/clock.h>
 #include <linux/start_kernel.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index dd98f43bd685..12ddcb1401be 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
 #include <linux/pgtable.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/paca.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
index 0be8a2403212..f28ec528d54a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <asm/hwcap.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h
index bd66f8e34949..55fbb4f7f7f6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
@@ -80,7 +81,6 @@ void s390_adjust_jiffies(void);
 void s390_update_cpu_mhz(void);
 void cpu_detect_mhz_feature(void);
 
-extern const struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op;
 extern void execve_tail(void);
 extern void __bpon(void);
 unsigned long vdso_size(void);
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c b/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c
index a194611ba88c..267886605902 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm_types.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #include <asm/diag.h>
 #include <asm/facility.h>
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h
index 85a6c1c3c16e..10c4b4b9af46 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ extern unsigned int mem_init_done;
 
 /* arch/sh/kernel/setup.c */
 const char *get_cpu_subtype(struct sh_cpuinfo *c);
-extern const struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op;
 
 /* thread_struct flags */
 #define SH_THREAD_UAC_NOPRINT	(1 << 0)
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/proc.c b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/proc.c
index a306bcd6b341..f373a21c6705 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/proc.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/proc.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <asm/machvec.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cpudata.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cpudata.h
index d213165ee713..f7e690a7860b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cpudata.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cpudata.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 
-extern const struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op;
-
 #endif /* !(__ASSEMBLY__) */
 
 #if defined(__sparc__) && defined(__arch64__)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/cpu.c
index 79cd6ccfeac0..ffdc7a825b80 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <linux/pgtable.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #include <asm/spitfire.h>
 #include <asm/oplib.h>
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
index e0de60e503b9..4034f5b959f7 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/panic_notifier.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 356308c73951..08ccd453ec4f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -188,8 +188,6 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(struct cpuinfo_x86, cpu_info);
 #define cpu_data(cpu)		boot_cpu_data
 #endif
 
-extern const struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op;
-
 #define cache_line_size()	(boot_cpu_data.x86_cache_alignment)
 
 extern void cpu_detect(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
index 099b6f0d96bd..5a0699d9ff7d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
index 9191738f9941..d4417a174887 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE) || defined(CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE)
 # include <linux/console.h>
diff --git a/fs/proc/cpuinfo.c b/fs/proc/cpuinfo.c
index f38bda5b83ec..ca3065dfecd9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/cpuinfo.c
+++ b/fs/proc/cpuinfo.c
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 
-extern const struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op;
-
 static int cpuinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	return seq_open(file, &cpuinfo_op);
diff --git a/include/linux/processor.h b/include/linux/processor.h
index dc78bdc7079a..71bdf8626874 100644
--- a/include/linux/processor.h
+++ b/include/linux/processor.h
@@ -59,4 +59,6 @@ do {								\
 
 #endif
 
+extern const struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op;
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_PROCESSOR_H */
