diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_internal.h
index 17271b0965bc..5bf948810594 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_internal.h
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ int ldlm_bl_to_thread_list(struct ldlm_namespace *ns,
 void ldlm_handle_bl_callback(struct ldlm_namespace *ns,
 			     struct ldlm_lock_desc *ld, struct ldlm_lock *lock);
 
+extern struct kmem_cache *ldlm_resource_slab;
+
+/* ldlm_lockd.c & ldlm_lock.c */
+extern struct kmem_cache *ldlm_lock_slab;
 
 /* ldlm_extent.c */
 void ldlm_extent_add_lock(struct ldlm_resource *res, struct ldlm_lock *lock);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
index d7fa934549bf..84b111eb48fa 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ char *ldlm_it2str(int it)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ldlm_it2str);
 
-extern struct kmem_cache *ldlm_lock_slab;
-
 
 void ldlm_register_intent(struct ldlm_namespace *ns, ldlm_res_policy arg)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c
index 98fbd3f7e751..e0a8157b4e84 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ static char *ldlm_cpts;
 module_param(ldlm_cpts, charp, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ldlm_cpts, "CPU partitions ldlm threads should run on");
 
-extern struct kmem_cache *ldlm_resource_slab;
-extern struct kmem_cache *ldlm_lock_slab;
 static struct mutex	ldlm_ref_mutex;
 static int ldlm_refcount;