diff --git a/libguile/__scm.h b/libguile/__scm.h
index 0f82a0b62..b5db4dcb4 100644
--- a/libguile/__scm.h
+++ b/libguile/__scm.h
@@ -386,17 +386,6 @@ void scm_ia64_longjmp (scm_i_jmp_buf *, int);
 #define SCM_I_LONGJMP longjmp
 #endif
 
-/* James Clark came up with this neat one instruction fix for
- * continuations on the SPARC.  It flushes the register windows so
- * that all the state of the process is contained in the stack.
- */
-
-#if defined (sparc) || defined (__sparc__) || defined (__sparc)
-# define SCM_FLUSH_REGISTER_WINDOWS asm("ta 3")
-#else
-# define SCM_FLUSH_REGISTER_WINDOWS /* empty */
-#endif
-
 /* If stack is not longword aligned then
  */
 
diff --git a/libguile/continuations.c b/libguile/continuations.c
index cf8b6ac03..7e2096698 100644
--- a/libguile/continuations.c
+++ b/libguile/continuations.c
@@ -182,6 +182,17 @@ continuation_print (SCM obj, SCM port, scm_print_state *state SCM_UNUSED)
   return 1;
 }
 
+/* James Clark came up with this neat one instruction fix for
+ * continuations on the SPARC.  It flushes the register windows so
+ * that all the state of the process is contained in the stack.
+ */
+
+#if defined (sparc) || defined (__sparc__) || defined (__sparc)
+# define SCM_FLUSH_REGISTER_WINDOWS asm("ta 3")
+#else
+# define SCM_FLUSH_REGISTER_WINDOWS /* empty */
+#endif
+
 /* this may return more than once: the first time with the escape
    procedure, then subsequently with SCM_UNDEFINED (the vals already having been
    placed on the VM stack). */