diff --git a/fs/netfs/Makefile b/fs/netfs/Makefile
index 88b904532bc7..f684c0cd1ec5 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/netfs/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 netfs-y := \
 	buffered_read.o \
 	io.o \
+	main.o \
 	objects.o
 
 netfs-$(CONFIG_NETFS_STATS) += stats.o
diff --git a/fs/netfs/internal.h b/fs/netfs/internal.h
index 05c4b2fe1965..b7b0e3d18d9e 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/netfs/internal.h
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ void netfs_rreq_unlock_folios(struct netfs_io_request *rreq);
 /*
  * io.c
  */
-extern unsigned int netfs_debug;
-
 int netfs_begin_read(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, bool sync);
 
+/*
+ * main.c
+ */
+extern unsigned int netfs_debug;
+
 /*
  * objects.c
  */
diff --git a/fs/netfs/io.c b/fs/netfs/io.c
index 6d43f9ea1b5a..428925899282 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/io.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/io.c
@@ -15,16 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
 #include "internal.h"
-#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
-#include <trace/events/netfs.h>
-
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Network fs support");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Red Hat, Inc.");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
-unsigned netfs_debug;
-module_param_named(debug, netfs_debug, uint, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(netfs_debug, "Netfs support debugging mask");
 
 /*
  * Clear the unread part of an I/O request.
diff --git a/fs/netfs/main.c b/fs/netfs/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..068568702957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/netfs/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/* Miscellaneous bits for the netfs support library.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include "internal.h"
+#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
+#include <trace/events/netfs.h>
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Network fs support");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Red Hat, Inc.");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+unsigned netfs_debug;
+module_param_named(debug, netfs_debug, uint, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(netfs_debug, "Netfs support debugging mask");