diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
index 32ec4242b1f2..9f2eaa104ebc 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ static const unsigned char max_vals[] = {
 
 static const int NR_TYPES = ARRAY_SIZE(max_vals);
 
+static void kbd_bh(unsigned long dummy);
+static DECLARE_TASKLET_DISABLED_OLD(keyboard_tasklet, kbd_bh);
+
 static struct input_handler kbd_handler;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kbd_event_lock);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(led_lock);
@@ -1258,8 +1261,6 @@ static void kbd_bh(unsigned long dummy)
 	}
 }
 
-DECLARE_TASKLET_DISABLED_OLD(keyboard_tasklet, kbd_bh);
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86) || defined(CONFIG_IA64) || defined(CONFIG_ALPHA) ||\
     defined(CONFIG_MIPS) || defined(CONFIG_PPC) || defined(CONFIG_SPARC) ||\
     defined(CONFIG_PARISC) || defined(CONFIG_SUPERH) ||\
diff --git a/include/linux/kbd_kern.h b/include/linux/kbd_kern.h
index adf98004624b..c40811d79769 100644
--- a/include/linux/kbd_kern.h
+++ b/include/linux/kbd_kern.h
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/keyboard.h>
 
-extern struct tasklet_struct keyboard_tasklet;
-
 extern char *func_table[MAX_NR_FUNC];
 
 /*