diff --git a/include/net/irda/ircomm_tty.h b/include/net/irda/ircomm_tty.h
index 8dabdd603fe1..eea2e6152389 100644
--- a/include/net/irda/ircomm_tty.h
+++ b/include/net/irda/ircomm_tty.h
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ extern int ircomm_tty_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 			    unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 extern void ircomm_tty_set_termios(struct tty_struct *tty, 
 				   struct ktermios *old_termios);
-extern hashbin_t *ircomm_tty;
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c b/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c
index 3d241e415a2a..1120b150e211 100644
--- a/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c
+++ b/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int ircomm_tty_read_proc(char *buf, char **start, off_t offset, int len,
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 static struct tty_driver *driver;
 
-hashbin_t *ircomm_tty = NULL;
+static hashbin_t *ircomm_tty = NULL;
 
 static const struct tty_operations ops = {
 	.open            = ircomm_tty_open,