diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index dc4eb91a577a..071a7517f1a7 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ extern int finish_clean_context(struct fs_context *fc);
  */
 extern int filename_lookup(int dfd, struct filename *name, unsigned flags,
 			   struct path *path, struct path *root);
-extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
-			   const char *, unsigned int, struct path *);
 int do_rmdir(int dfd, struct filename *name);
 int do_unlinkat(int dfd, struct filename *name);
 int may_linkat(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *link);
diff --git a/fs/ksmbd/vfs.c b/fs/ksmbd/vfs.c
index 5ea9229dad2c..cef07d7fb7dc 100644
--- a/fs/ksmbd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/ksmbd/vfs.c
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched/xacct.h>
 #include <linux/crc32c.h>
 
-#include "../internal.h"	/* for vfs_path_lookup */
-
 #include "glob.h"
 #include "oplock.h"
 #include "connection.h"
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 0d797f3367ca..ba9b32b4d1b0 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigne
 extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, unsigned int);
 extern void done_path_create(struct path *, struct dentry *);
 extern struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *, struct path *);
+int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *, const char *,
+		    unsigned int, struct path *);
 
 extern struct dentry *try_lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);