diff --git a/board/logicpd/zoom1/zoom1.c b/board/logicpd/zoom1/zoom1.c
index e442d68..7ef13cc 100644
--- a/board/logicpd/zoom1/zoom1.c
+++ b/board/logicpd/zoom1/zoom1.c
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
 #include "zoom1.h"
 
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
 /*
  * Routine: board_init
  * Description: Early hardware init.
  */
 int board_init(void)
 {
-	DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
-
 	gpmc_init(); /* in SRAM or SDRAM, finish GPMC */
 	/* board id for Linux */
 	gd->bd->bi_arch_number = MACH_TYPE_OMAP_LDP;
diff --git a/board/logicpd/zoom2/zoom2.c b/board/logicpd/zoom2/zoom2.c
index e9f6625..76793e4 100644
--- a/board/logicpd/zoom2/zoom2.c
+++ b/board/logicpd/zoom2/zoom2.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 #include "zoom2.h"
 #include "zoom2_serial.h"
 
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
 /*
  * This the the zoom2, board specific, gpmc configuration for the
  * quad uart on the debug board.   The more general gpmc configurations
@@ -120,7 +122,6 @@
  */
 int board_init (void)
 {
-	DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 	u32 *gpmc_config;
 
 	gpmc_init ();		/* in SRAM or SDRAM, finish GPMC */