diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_pool.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_pool.c
index 7574502919ca..a9f4833e03e5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_pool.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_pool.c
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@
  */
 #define LDLM_POOL_SLV_SHIFT (10)
 
-extern struct proc_dir_entry *ldlm_ns_proc_dir;
-
 static inline __u64 dru(__u64 val, __u32 shift, int round_up)
 {
 	return (val + (round_up ? (1 << shift) - 1 : 0)) >> shift;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_resource.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_resource.c
index c6f62a91b233..f750d42a7ad5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_resource.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ LIST_HEAD(ldlm_cli_active_namespace_list);
 LIST_HEAD(ldlm_cli_inactive_namespace_list);
 
 struct proc_dir_entry *ldlm_type_proc_dir = NULL;
-struct proc_dir_entry *ldlm_ns_proc_dir = NULL;
+static struct proc_dir_entry *ldlm_ns_proc_dir = NULL;
 struct proc_dir_entry *ldlm_svc_proc_dir = NULL;
 
 extern unsigned int ldlm_cancel_unused_locks_before_replay;