diff --git a/board/mpc7448hpc2/mpc7448hpc2.c b/board/mpc7448hpc2/mpc7448hpc2.c
index 63c99de..81846eb 100644
--- a/board/mpc7448hpc2/mpc7448hpc2.c
+++ b/board/mpc7448hpc2/mpc7448hpc2.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
 #undef	DEBUG
 
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
 extern void flush_data_cache (void);
 extern void invalidate_l1_instruction_cache (void);
 extern void tsi108_init_f (void);
@@ -46,8 +48,6 @@
 
 void after_reloc (ulong dest_addr)
 {
-	DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
-
 	/*
 	 * Jump to the main U-Boot board init code
 	 */