2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e68780810279..b3a9f0db9d80 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/pid.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
@@ -2050,5 +2051,9 @@ static inline void free_secdata(void *secdata)
 { }
 #endif  /* CONFIG_SECURITY */
 
+int proc_nr_files(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+                  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
+
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_FS_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 48dae075d5c2..7063ebc6db05 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
@@ -49,9 +50,6 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
-extern int proc_nr_files(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
-                     void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86
 #include <asm/nmi.h>
 #include <asm/stacktrace.h>