diff --git a/include/sound/info.h b/include/sound/info.h
index fecbb1ffd5405ed628cd8f3aafce40318cf7b4fe..8ae72e74f898714979e6d1f6d79ae32dd683343a 100644
--- a/include/sound/info.h
+++ b/include/sound/info.h
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ int snd_info_minor_unregister(void);
 extern struct snd_info_entry *snd_seq_root;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL
 extern struct snd_info_entry *snd_oss_root;
+void snd_card_info_read_oss(struct snd_info_buffer *buffer);
 #else
 #define snd_oss_root NULL
+static inline void snd_card_info_read_oss(struct snd_info_buffer *buffer) {}
 #endif
 
 int snd_iprintf(struct snd_info_buffer * buffer, char *fmt,...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
diff --git a/sound/core/info_oss.c b/sound/core/info_oss.c
index 435c9399f7a94aa51aad11f2826993e395158639..9e8b8163bdd4491a35b17666753e66de93aebce9 100644
--- a/sound/core/info_oss.c
+++ b/sound/core/info_oss.c
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ int snd_oss_info_register(int dev, int num, char *string)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_oss_info_register);
 
-extern void snd_card_info_read_oss(struct snd_info_buffer *buffer);
-
 static int snd_sndstat_show_strings(struct snd_info_buffer *buf, char *id, int dev)
 {
 	int idx, ok = -1;