diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
index bc38b2d56f26..5c7a3a71191a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
@@ -42,15 +42,6 @@ extern const struct cpu_dev *const __x86_cpu_dev_start[],
 			    *const __x86_cpu_dev_end[];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL
-enum tsx_ctrl_states {
-	TSX_CTRL_ENABLE,
-	TSX_CTRL_DISABLE,
-	TSX_CTRL_RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT,
-	TSX_CTRL_NOT_SUPPORTED,
-};
-
-extern __ro_after_init enum tsx_ctrl_states tsx_ctrl_state;
-
 extern void __init tsx_init(void);
 void tsx_ap_init(void);
 void intel_unlock_cpuid_leafs(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c
index 49782724a943..8be08ece2214 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@
 #undef pr_fmt
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) "tsx: " fmt
 
-enum tsx_ctrl_states tsx_ctrl_state __ro_after_init = TSX_CTRL_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+enum tsx_ctrl_states {
+	TSX_CTRL_ENABLE,
+	TSX_CTRL_DISABLE,
+	TSX_CTRL_RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT,
+	TSX_CTRL_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+};
+
+static enum tsx_ctrl_states tsx_ctrl_state __ro_after_init = TSX_CTRL_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 
 static void tsx_disable(void)
 {