diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index cac7b1e..a8039c8 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1481,6 +1481,8 @@
 extern void __init vfs_caches_init_early(void);
 extern void __init vfs_caches_init(unsigned long);
 
+extern struct kmem_cache *names_cachep;
+
 #define __getname()	kmem_cache_alloc(names_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL)
 #define __putname(name) kmem_cache_free(names_cachep, (void *)(name))
 #ifndef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index bfc063e..e67314e 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -308,9 +308,6 @@
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SLOB */
 
-/* System wide caches */
-extern kmem_cache_t	*names_cachep;
-
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_SLAB_H */