diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/nrs.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/nrs.c
index 7b6ffb195834..ef19dbe2ea5c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/nrs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/nrs.c
@@ -1559,9 +1559,6 @@ out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-/* ptlrpc/nrs_fifo.c */
-extern struct ptlrpc_nrs_pol_conf nrs_conf_fifo;
-
 /**
  * Adds all policies that ship with the ptlrpc module, to NRS core's list of
  * policies \e nrs_core.nrs_policies.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpc_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpc_internal.h
index e0f859ca6223..8e6a805487ec 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpc_internal.h
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ struct ptlrpc_nrs_policy *nrs_request_policy(struct ptlrpc_nrs_request *nrq)
  sizeof(NRS_LPROCFS_QUANTUM_NAME_REG __stringify(LPROCFS_NRS_QUANTUM_MAX) " "  \
 	NRS_LPROCFS_QUANTUM_NAME_HP __stringify(LPROCFS_NRS_QUANTUM_MAX))
 
+/* ptlrpc/nrs_fifo.c */
+extern struct ptlrpc_nrs_pol_conf nrs_conf_fifo;
+
 /* recovd_thread.c */
 
 int ptlrpc_expire_one_request(struct ptlrpc_request *req, int async_unlink);