diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index c2370c76fb71..59b43a068872 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #define ELF_CORE_EFLAGS	0
 #endif
 
+static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_root_kcore;
+
 static int open_kcore(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
 	return capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) ? 0 : -EPERM;
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ static int open_kcore(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 
 static ssize_t read_kcore(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 
-const struct file_operations proc_kcore_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations proc_kcore_operations = {
 	.read		= read_kcore,
 	.open		= open_kcore,
 };
@@ -399,3 +401,13 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
 
 	return acc;
 }
+
+static int __init proc_kcore_init(void)
+{
+	proc_root_kcore = proc_create("kcore", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_kcore_operations);
+	if (proc_root_kcore)
+		proc_root_kcore->size =
+				(size_t)high_memory - PAGE_OFFSET + PAGE_SIZE;
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(proc_kcore_init);
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
index 4a768ed5da2e..5ed15ff8fd1d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
@@ -188,19 +188,11 @@ static struct file_operations proc_kpageflags_operations = {
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR */
 
-struct proc_dir_entry *proc_root_kcore;
-
 void __init proc_misc_init(void)
 {
 	proc_symlink("mounts", NULL, "self/mounts");
 
 	/* And now for trickier ones */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_KCORE
-	proc_root_kcore = proc_create("kcore", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_kcore_operations);
-	if (proc_root_kcore)
-		proc_root_kcore->size =
-				(size_t)high_memory - PAGE_OFFSET + PAGE_SIZE;
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
 	proc_create("kpagecount", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_kpagecount_operations);
 	proc_create("kpageflags", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_kpageflags_operations);
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 27d534f4470d..9d8308905053 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ struct vmcore {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 
-extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_root_kcore;
-
 extern spinlock_t proc_subdir_lock;
 
 extern void proc_root_init(void);
@@ -138,8 +136,6 @@ extern struct inode *proc_get_inode(struct super_block *, unsigned int, struct p
 extern int proc_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 extern struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 
-extern const struct file_operations proc_kcore_operations;
-
 extern int pid_ns_prepare_proc(struct pid_namespace *ns);
 extern void pid_ns_release_proc(struct pid_namespace *ns);