diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index d26e2826ba5b..e9602d85c11d 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUGFS_MAGIC	0x64626720
 
-/* declared over in file.c */
-extern struct file_operations debugfs_file_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations debugfs_link_operations;
-
 static struct vfsmount *debugfs_mount;
 static int debugfs_mount_count;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index f592d6de3b97..7266124361b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ struct debugfs_blob_wrapper {
 };
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
+
+/* declared over in file.c */
+extern const struct file_operations debugfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations debugfs_link_operations;
+
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_file(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 				   struct dentry *parent, void *data,
 				   const struct file_operations *fops);