diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index b03ddab1bef57bae9a81acd79d31c42297d364cd..83ed6ae466a56cd5549b07dba914ba426fe86c3e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ static int ipmi_init_msghandler(void);
 static int initialized = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-struct proc_dir_entry *proc_ipmi_root = NULL;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_ipmi_root);
+static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_ipmi_root = NULL;
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 #define MAX_EVENTS_IN_QUEUE	25
diff --git a/include/linux/ipmi.h b/include/linux/ipmi.h
index 5653b2f23b6a6fdf94f0e1d15ae8cb7436638db0..d09fbeabf1dc976539384f1889299bfc2e69383e 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipmi.h
@@ -210,11 +210,7 @@ struct kernel_ipmi_msg
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
-extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_ipmi_root;
-#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 /* Opaque type for a IPMI message user.  One of these is needed to
    send and receive messages. */