diff --git a/arch/avr32/cpu/exception.c b/arch/avr32/cpu/exception.c
index 5d1bc689f85d4f9977d490a23d30dfd7168966f8..d6991f6668d3326bfaf205719f9f421bbfff7f25 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/cpu/exception.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/cpu/exception.c
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ void do_unknown_exception(unsigned int ecr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	printf("CPU Mode: %s\n", cpu_modes[mode]);
 
 	/* Avoid exception loops */
-	if (regs->sp < (gd->arch.stack_end - CONFIG_STACKSIZE)
-			|| regs->sp >= gd->arch.stack_end)
+	if (regs->sp < (gd->start_addr_sp - CONFIG_STACKSIZE) ||
+	    regs->sp >= gd->start_addr_sp)
 		printf("\nStack pointer seems bogus, won't do stack dump\n");
 	else
-		dump_mem("\nStack: ", regs->sp, gd->arch.stack_end);
+		dump_mem("\nStack: ", regs->sp, gd->start_addr_sp);
 
 	panic("Unhandled exception\n");
 }
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/global_data.h
index d82fb7cc6d807c63637b452e83f15352713423e1..60abd007821cf76e0a96f45b08acde1762d68816 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 /* Architecture-specific global data */
 struct arch_global_data {
-	unsigned long stack_end;	/* highest stack address */
 	unsigned long cpu_hz;		/* cpu core clock frequency */
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/avr32/lib/board.c b/arch/avr32/lib/board.c
index 13b7fede74bf499b7c024baf523099e45381d3f1..99aa96e23fab0498e7e4bc636ac0ea464e4b9d18 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/lib/board.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void board_init_f(ulong board_type)
 
 	/* And finally, a new, bigger stack. */
 	new_sp = (unsigned long *)addr;
-	gd->arch.stack_end = addr;
+	gd->start_addr_sp = addr;
 	*(--new_sp) = 0;
 	*(--new_sp) = 0;