diff --git a/sys/x86/include/x86_var.h b/sys/x86/include/x86_var.h
index 44314456d8bf..f3677d84570b 100644
--- a/sys/x86/include/x86_var.h
+++ b/sys/x86/include/x86_var.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ extern	u_int	cpu_mxcsr_mask;
 extern	u_int	cpu_procinfo;
 extern	u_int	cpu_procinfo2;
 extern	char	cpu_vendor[];
+extern	char	cpu_model[];
 extern	u_int	cpu_vendor_id;
 extern	u_int	cpu_mon_mwait_flags;
 extern	u_int	cpu_mon_min_size;
diff --git a/sys/x86/x86/identcpu.c b/sys/x86/x86/identcpu.c
index 7b06ecab2ad5..7fa35bd50244 100644
--- a/sys/x86/x86/identcpu.c
+++ b/sys/x86/x86/identcpu.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ SYSCTL_STRING(_hw, HW_MACHINE, machine, CTLFLAG_RD | CTLFLAG_CAPRD,
     machine, 0, "Machine class");
 #endif
 
-static char cpu_model[128];
+char cpu_model[128];
 SYSCTL_STRING(_hw, HW_MODEL, model, CTLFLAG_RD | CTLFLAG_MPSAFE,
     cpu_model, 0, "Machine model");