diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 0ce3ccf7f401..3e2837a633ed 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
-extern struct super_block * sysfs_sb;
-
 static const struct address_space_operations sysfs_aops = {
 	.readpage	= simple_readpage,
 	.write_begin	= simple_write_begin,