diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nftlmount.c b/drivers/mtd/nftlmount.c
index 0513cbc8834d..345e6eff89ce 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nftlmount.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nftlmount.c
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@
 
 char nftlmountrev[]="$Revision: 1.41 $";
 
-extern int nftl_read_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t offs, size_t len,
-			 size_t *retlen, uint8_t *buf);
-extern int nftl_write_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t offs, size_t len,
-			  size_t *retlen, uint8_t *buf);
-
 /* find_boot_record: Find the NFTL Media Header and its Spare copy which contains the
  *	various device information of the NFTL partition and Bad Unit Table. Update
  *	the ReplUnitTable[] table accroding to the Bad Unit Table. ReplUnitTable[]
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nftl.h b/include/linux/mtd/nftl.h
index bcf2fb3fa4a7..001eec50cac6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nftl.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nftl.h
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ struct NFTLrecord {
 int NFTL_mount(struct NFTLrecord *s);
 int NFTL_formatblock(struct NFTLrecord *s, int block);
 
+int nftl_read_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t offs, size_t len,
+		  size_t *retlen, uint8_t *buf);
+int nftl_write_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t offs, size_t len,
+		   size_t *retlen, uint8_t *buf);
+
 #ifndef NFTL_MAJOR
 #define NFTL_MAJOR 93
 #endif