diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
index a6b2f906bb1a..4410d7fdc1b4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ static inline int __is_po2(unsigned long long val)
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
+int libcfs_arch_init(void);
+void libcfs_arch_cleanup(void);
+
 /* libcfs tcpip */
 int libcfs_ipif_query(char *name, int *up, __u32 *ip, __u32 *mask);
 int libcfs_ipif_enumerate(char ***names);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c
index b9ee37ce31f3..7dc77dd402b8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c
@@ -332,8 +332,6 @@ extern struct mutex cfs_trace_thread_mutex;
 extern struct cfs_wi_sched *cfs_sched_rehash;
 
 extern void libcfs_init_nidstrings(void);
-extern int libcfs_arch_init(void);
-extern void libcfs_arch_cleanup(void);
 
 static int init_libcfs_module(void)
 {