diff --git a/arch/arm/imx-common/video.c b/arch/arm/imx-common/video.c
index 0121cd78f27694629b49f50890642a0500a3d27e..8651b80ce0672f86334b7034fe27b889d30d2080 100644
--- a/arch/arm/imx-common/video.c
+++ b/arch/arm/imx-common/video.c
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 #include <asm/errno.h>
 #include <asm/imx-common/video.h>
 
-extern struct display_info_t const displays[];
-extern size_t display_count;
-
 int board_video_skip(void)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/imx-common/video.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/imx-common/video.h
index 2d948508d574f51f18d4f0071d159874083f05e9..1a907d44e405a4a51898f9d3eab6da833101633b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/imx-common/video.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/imx-common/video.h
@@ -21,4 +21,9 @@ struct display_info_t {
 extern int detect_hdmi(struct display_info_t const *dev);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IMX_VIDEO_SKIP
+extern struct display_info_t const displays[];
+extern size_t display_count;
+#endif
+
 #endif