diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
index 1da1ecf76a0d52915da4248fadd5a315df0c7565..5b3c94f4fb13db34e9d1a1577fce8eb0ef3a4950 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ struct bus_type mdev_bus_type = {
 	.remove		= mdev_remove,
 	.match		= mdev_match,
 };
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mdev_bus_type);
 
 /**
  * mdev_register_driver - register a new MDEV driver
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
index ba1b2dbddc0bc22ff6415574a1559bba134f8c30..af457b27f6074621bb182c80b7657d2b696e6f61 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 int  mdev_bus_register(void);
 void mdev_bus_unregister(void);
 
+extern struct bus_type mdev_bus_type;
 extern const struct attribute_group *mdev_device_groups[];
 
 #define to_mdev_type_attr(_attr)	\
diff --git a/include/linux/mdev.h b/include/linux/mdev.h
index 4f558de52fd949663ae3998b5f417db17ad9ee31..6c179d2b89274db42d90416019bd6c6a351b9bc3 100644
--- a/include/linux/mdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/mdev.h
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ struct mdev_driver {
 	struct device_driver driver;
 };
 
-extern struct bus_type mdev_bus_type;
-
 int mdev_register_parent(struct mdev_parent *parent, struct device *dev,
 		struct mdev_driver *mdev_driver, struct mdev_type **types,
 		unsigned int nr_types);