diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index f36fecd3fd264a67cf7d66b2fd8e74369a38f406..c927f42c8e4d95f2377c6db3dee57b4d1fe9b7d4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -4048,10 +4048,6 @@ void __init console_init(void)
 	}
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_VT
-extern int vty_init(void);
-#endif
-
 static int __init tty_class_init(void)
 {
 	tty_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "tty");
diff --git a/include/linux/vt_kern.h b/include/linux/vt_kern.h
index feb5e99a1079c97c0854669fcf46fcca595ab5f3..9448ffbdcbf62937047a69f1281116f133d5c079 100644
--- a/include/linux/vt_kern.h
+++ b/include/linux/vt_kern.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ void change_console(struct vc_data *new_vc);
 void reset_vc(struct vc_data *vc);
 extern int unbind_con_driver(const struct consw *csw, int first, int last,
 			     int deflt);
+int vty_init(void);
 
 /*
  * vc_screen.c shares this temporary buffer with the console write code so that