diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h
index ac0e5f97d7d8d39519f896c780cf26c2f0a73e53..14971322e1a05b488c2be3e4d2a4bd08f707c0da 100644
--- a/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ do {							\
 		groups_free(group_info);		\
 } while (0)
 
-extern struct group_info init_groups;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MULTIUSER
 extern struct group_info *groups_alloc(int);
 extern void groups_free(struct group_info *);
diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index b2412b4d4c20e253b35c084403fc20825529bf19..40fc5813cf9321d76856b66d470be5e81ce28306 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 extern struct files_struct init_files;
 extern struct fs_struct init_fs;
 extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy;
-extern struct group_info init_groups;
 extern struct cred init_cred;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 421b1149c6516004221159824dc6c18770db64e6..e1d274cd741be424e1d05be65152e5fc7a4c853b 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ do {									\
 static struct kmem_cache *cred_jar;
 
 /* init to 2 - one for init_task, one to ensure it is never freed */
-struct group_info init_groups = { .usage = ATOMIC_INIT(2) };
+static struct group_info init_groups = { .usage = ATOMIC_INIT(2) };
 
 /*
  * The initial credentials for the initial task