diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_class.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_class.h
index 3565660e0630..e75f4b5a4362 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_class.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_class.h
@@ -1895,6 +1895,8 @@ void class_exit_uuidlist(void);
 
 /* class_obd.c */
 extern char obd_jobid_node[];
+extern struct miscdevice obd_psdev;
+extern spinlock_t obd_types_lock;
 
 /* prng.c */
 #define ll_generate_random_uuid(uuid_out) cfs_get_random_bytes(uuid_out, sizeof(class_uuid_t))
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
index 29456e1ad225..d4b74b670c43 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
@@ -437,8 +437,6 @@ int class_handle_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	return err;
 } /* class_handle_ioctl */
 
-extern struct miscdevice obd_psdev;
-
 #define OBD_INIT_CHECK
 int obd_init_checks(void)
 {
@@ -508,7 +506,6 @@ int obd_init_checks(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-extern spinlock_t obd_types_lock;
 #if defined (CONFIG_PROC_FS)
 extern int class_procfs_init(void);
 extern int class_procfs_clean(void);