Index: sys/mips/mips/exception.S
===================================================================
--- sys/mips/mips/exception.S
+++ sys/mips/mips/exception.S
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@
 	.text
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Reasonable limit
- */
-#define	INTRCNT_COUNT	256
-
-
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1206,36 +1200,6 @@
 	.set pop
 END(MipsFPTrap)
 
-#ifndef INTRNG
-/*
- * Interrupt counters for vmstat.
- */
-	.data
-	.globl intrcnt
-	.globl sintrcnt
-	.globl intrnames
-	.globl sintrnames
-intrnames:
-	.space  INTRCNT_COUNT * (MAXCOMLEN + 1) * 2
-sintrnames:
-#ifdef __mips_n64
-	.quad  INTRCNT_COUNT * (MAXCOMLEN + 1) * 2
-#else
-	.int  INTRCNT_COUNT * (MAXCOMLEN + 1) * 2
-#endif
-
-	.align	(_MIPS_SZLONG / 8)
-intrcnt:
-	.space  INTRCNT_COUNT * (_MIPS_SZLONG / 8) * 2
-sintrcnt:
-#ifdef __mips_n64
-	.quad  INTRCNT_COUNT * (_MIPS_SZLONG / 8) * 2
-#else
-	.int  INTRCNT_COUNT * (_MIPS_SZLONG / 8) * 2
-#endif
-#endif /* INTRNG */
-
-
 /*
  * Vector to real handler in KSEG1.
  */
Index: sys/mips/mips/intr_machdep.c
===================================================================
--- sys/mips/mips/intr_machdep.c
+++ sys/mips/mips/intr_machdep.c
@@ -50,6 +50,19 @@
 #include <machine/md_var.h>
 #include <machine/trap.h>
 
+#ifndef INTRNG
+#define INTRCNT_COUNT	256
+#define	INTRNAME_LEN	(2*MAXCOMLEN + 1)
+
+MALLOC_DECLARE(M_MIPSINTR);
+MALLOC_DEFINE(M_MIPSINTR, "mipsintr", "MIPS interrupt handling");
+
+u_long *intrcnt;
+char *intrnames;
+size_t sintrcnt;
+size_t sintrnames;
+#endif
+
 static struct intr_event *hardintr_events[NHARD_IRQS];
 static struct intr_event *softintr_events[NSOFT_IRQS];
 static mips_intrcnt_t mips_intr_counters[NSOFT_IRQS + NHARD_IRQS];
@@ -121,6 +134,15 @@
 	int i;
 	char name[MAXCOMLEN + 1];
 
+#ifndef INTRNG
+	intrcnt = mallocarray(INTRCNT_COUNT, sizeof(u_long), M_MIPSINTR,
+	    M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
+	intrnames = mallocarray(INTRCNT_COUNT, INTRNAME_LEN, M_MIPSINTR,
+	    M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
+	sintrcnt = INTRCNT_COUNT * sizeof(u_long);
+	sintrnames = INTRCNT_COUNT * INTRNAME_LEN;
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * Initialize all available vectors so spare IRQ
 	 * would show up in systat output