diff --git a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
index 16baef4dab7ed813729d9879be38399b85682f6a..d529045c16795b6506618b6cd047d614a0513264 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
@@ -189,6 +189,16 @@ int sctp_assocs_proc_init(void);
 void sctp_assocs_proc_exit(void);
 
 
+/*
+ * Module global variables
+ */
+
+ /*
+  * sctp/protocol.c
+  */
+extern struct kmem_cache *sctp_chunk_cachep __read_mostly;
+extern struct kmem_cache *sctp_bucket_cachep __read_mostly;
+
 /*
  *  Section:  Macros, externs, and inlines
  */
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 8d18f570c2e6186598225b330430402b9eab24a1..ad02311dcd831ab4ca757465b4f93d7c9888b8dd 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@
 #include <net/sctp/sctp.h>
 #include <net/sctp/sm.h>
 
-extern struct kmem_cache *sctp_chunk_cachep;
-
 SCTP_STATIC
 struct sctp_chunk *sctp_make_chunk(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 				   __u8 type, __u8 flags, int paylen);
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index f8bacc898e12917809704c1d3fa17493c6769156..f8de0eb235d915825d10e3222283d9becd52dc75 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ static void sctp_sock_migrate(struct sock *, struct sock *,
 			      struct sctp_association *, sctp_socket_type_t);
 static char *sctp_hmac_alg = SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_ALG;
 
-extern struct kmem_cache *sctp_bucket_cachep;
-
 /* Get the sndbuf space available at the time on the association.  */
 static inline int sctp_wspace(struct sctp_association *asoc)
 {