diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/commproc.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/commproc.c
index 082957e..e5bfed1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/commproc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/commproc.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
  * Baud rate clocks are zero-based in the driver code (as that maps
  * to port numbers).  Documentation uses 1-based numbering.
  */
-#define BRG_INT_CLK	gd->brg_clk
+#define BRG_INT_CLK	gd->arch.brg_clk
 #define BRG_UART_CLK	(BRG_INT_CLK / 16)
 
 /* This function is used by UARTs, or anything else that uses a 16x
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/i2c.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/i2c.c
index 7382cba..b720b1f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/i2c.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/i2c.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 	 * divide BRGCLK by 1)
 	 */
 	debug("[I2C] Setting rate...\n");
-	i2c_setrate(gd->brg_clk, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED);
+	i2c_setrate(gd->arch.brg_clk, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED);
 
 	/* Set I2C controller in master mode */
 	i2c->i2c_i2com = 0x01;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/speed.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/speed.c
index bb50dee..4ad1ec2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/speed.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/speed.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 	gd->cpm_clk = gd->vco_out / 2;
 	gd->bus_clk = clkin;
 	gd->scc_clk = gd->vco_out / 4;
-	gd->brg_clk = gd->vco_out / (1 << (2 * (dfbrg + 1)));
+	gd->arch.brg_clk = gd->vco_out / (1 << (2 * (dfbrg + 1)));
 
 	if (cp->b2c_mult > 0) {
 		gd->cpu_clk = (clkin * cp->b2c_mult) / 2;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 			plldf, pllmf, pcidf);
 
 	printf (" - vco_out %10ld, scc_clk %10ld, brg_clk %10ld\n",
-			gd->vco_out, gd->scc_clk, gd->brg_clk);
+			gd->vco_out, gd->scc_clk, gd->arch.brg_clk);
 
 	printf (" - cpu_clk %10ld, cpm_clk %10ld, bus_clk %10ld\n",
 			gd->cpu_clk, gd->cpm_clk, gd->bus_clk);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/speed.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/speed.c
index b8c05d1..21e8b0a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/speed.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/speed.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_QE)
 	gd->qe_clk = qe_clk;
-	gd->brg_clk = brg_clk;
+	gd->arch.brg_clk = brg_clk;
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_MPC8308) || defined(CONFIG_MPC831x) || \
 	defined(CONFIG_MPC837x)
@@ -540,7 +540,8 @@
 	printf("  Coherent System Bus: %-4s MHz\n", strmhz(buf, gd->csb_clk));
 #if defined(CONFIG_QE)
 	printf("  QE:                  %-4s MHz\n", strmhz(buf, gd->qe_clk));
-	printf("  BRG:                 %-4s MHz\n", strmhz(buf, gd->brg_clk));
+	printf("  BRG:                 %-4s MHz\n",
+	       strmhz(buf, gd->arch.brg_clk));
 #endif
 	printf("  Local Bus Controller:%-4s MHz\n", strmhz(buf, gd->lbiu_clk));
 	printf("  Local Bus:           %-4s MHz\n", strmhz(buf, gd->lclk_clk));
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/commproc.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/commproc.c
index 292b723..7f10476 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/commproc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/commproc.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
  * Baud rate clocks are zero-based in the driver code (as that maps
  * to port numbers).  Documentation uses 1-based numbering.
  */
-#define BRG_INT_CLK	gd->brg_clk
+#define BRG_INT_CLK	gd->arch.brg_clk
 #define BRG_UART_CLK	((BRG_INT_CLK + 15) / 16)
 
 /* This function is used by UARTS, or anything else that uses a 16x
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/speed.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/speed.c
index 801ee07..8a581ef 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/speed.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/speed.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_QE
 	gd->qe_clk = sys_info.freqQE;
-	gd->brg_clk = gd->qe_clk / 2;
+	gd->arch.brg_clk = gd->qe_clk / 2;
 #endif
 	/*
 	 * The base clock for I2C depends on the actual SOC.  Unfortunately,
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
 	gd->vco_out = 2*sys_info.freqSystemBus;
 	gd->cpm_clk = gd->vco_out / 2;
 	gd->scc_clk = gd->vco_out / 4;
-	gd->brg_clk = gd->vco_out / (1 << (2 * (dfbrg + 1)));
+	gd->arch.brg_clk = gd->vco_out / (1 << (2 * (dfbrg + 1)));
 #endif
 
 	if(gd->cpu_clk != 0) return (0);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/fdt.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/fdt.c
index 7130983..7edd7e4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/fdt.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/fdt.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	do_fixup_by_prop_u32(blob, "device_type", "cpu", 4,
 		"clock-frequency", bd->bi_intfreq, 1);
 	do_fixup_by_compat_u32(blob, "fsl,cpm-brg", "clock-frequency",
-		gd->brg_clk, 1);
+		gd->arch.brg_clk, 1);
 
 	/* Fixup ethernet MAC addresses */
 	fdt_fixup_ethernet(blob);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/speed.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/speed.c
index 6e13e5d..091b49f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/speed.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/speed.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 			divider = 64;
 			break;
 	}
-	gd->brg_clk = gd->cpu_clk/divider;
+	gd->arch.brg_clk = gd->cpu_clk/divider;
 }
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/global_data.h
index df621da..ac348c6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@
 
 /* Architecture-specific global data */
 struct arch_global_data {
+#if defined(CONFIG_8xx)
+	unsigned long brg_clk;
+#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_CPM2)
+	unsigned long brg_clk;
+#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_QE)
+	u32 brg_clk;
+#endif
 };
 
 /*
@@ -45,15 +54,11 @@
 	unsigned int	baudrate;
 	unsigned long	cpu_clk;	/* CPU clock in Hz! */
 	unsigned long	bus_clk;
-#if defined(CONFIG_8xx)
-	unsigned long	brg_clk;
-#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPM2)
 	/* There are many clocks on the MPC8260 - see page 9-5 */
 	unsigned long	vco_out;
 	unsigned long	cpm_clk;
 	unsigned long	scc_clk;
-	unsigned long	brg_clk;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
 	unsigned long	pci_clk;
 #endif
@@ -106,7 +111,6 @@
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_QE)
 	u32 qe_clk;
-	u32 brg_clk;
 	uint mp_alloc_base;
 	uint mp_alloc_top;
 #endif /* CONFIG_QE */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c
index 6a7bf4b..b1069a6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
 	bd->bi_busfreq = gd->bus_clk;	/* Bus Freq,      in Hz */
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPM2)
 	bd->bi_cpmfreq = gd->cpm_clk;
-	bd->bi_brgfreq = gd->brg_clk;
+	bd->bi_brgfreq = gd->arch.brg_clk;
 	bd->bi_sccfreq = gd->scc_clk;
 	bd->bi_vco = gd->vco_out;
 #endif /* CONFIG_CPM2 */