diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index a51c671c54cf..85da11044adc 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_lock);
  * from its final dispose_list, the struct super_block they refer to
  * (for inode->i_sb->s_op) may already have been freed and reused.
  */
-DEFINE_MUTEX(iprune_mutex);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(iprune_mutex);
 
 /*
  * Statistics gathering..
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 215696a0f16f..7c750312261b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1558,7 +1558,6 @@ extern void destroy_inode(struct inode *);
 extern struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *);
 extern int remove_suid(struct dentry *);
 extern void remove_dquot_ref(struct super_block *, int, struct list_head *);
-extern struct mutex iprune_mutex;
 
 extern void __insert_inode_hash(struct inode *, unsigned long hashval);
 extern void remove_inode_hash(struct inode *);