2 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index bc747e5d7138..03cd7551a7a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -699,7 +699,6 @@ extern int		dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 extern void             dev_init(void);
 
-extern int              netdev_nit;
 extern int              netdev_budget;
 
 /* Called by rtnetlink.c:rtnl_unlock() */
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index aa8454901719..f1c52cbd6ef7 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ extern void netdev_unregister_sysfs(struct net_device *);
  *      For efficiency
  */
 
-int netdev_nit;
+static int netdev_nit;
 
 /*
  *      Add a protocol ID to the list. Now that the input handler is