diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_internal.h
index 688783dcc1e4..5cce82b57440 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_internal.h
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ static inline struct osc_device *obd2osc_dev(const struct obd_device *d)
 	return container_of0(d->obd_lu_dev, struct osc_device, od_cl.cd_lu_dev);
 }
 
+extern struct lu_kmem_descr osc_caches[];
+
 extern struct kmem_cache *osc_quota_kmem;
 struct osc_quota_info {
 	/** linkage for quota hash table */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c
index 7143564ae7e7..f69129711d2d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c
@@ -2766,8 +2766,6 @@ static struct obd_ops osc_obd_ops = {
 	.quotactl       = osc_quotactl,
 };
 
-extern struct lu_kmem_descr osc_caches[];
-
 static int __init osc_init(void)
 {
 	struct lprocfs_static_vars lvars = { NULL };