diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index d9ca2d5dc6d0d974c5d57eb89479365d0a9f8796..b87e7625a98c5999a71ec9aa0df28971f79f773b 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -48,10 +48,18 @@ struct modversion_info
 
 struct module;
 
+struct module_kobject {
+	struct kobject kobj;
+	struct module *mod;
+	struct kobject *drivers_dir;
+	struct module_param_attrs *mp;
+};
+
 struct module_attribute {
-        struct attribute attr;
-        ssize_t (*show)(struct module_attribute *, struct module *, char *);
-        ssize_t (*store)(struct module_attribute *, struct module *,
+	struct attribute attr;
+	ssize_t (*show)(struct module_attribute *, struct module_kobject *,
+			char *);
+	ssize_t (*store)(struct module_attribute *, struct module_kobject *,
 			 const char *, size_t count);
 	void (*setup)(struct module *, const char *);
 	int (*test)(struct module *);
@@ -65,15 +73,8 @@ struct module_version_attribute {
 } __attribute__ ((__aligned__(sizeof(void *))));
 
 extern ssize_t __modver_version_show(struct module_attribute *,
-				     struct module *, char *);
+				     struct module_kobject *, char *);
 
-struct module_kobject
-{
-	struct kobject kobj;
-	struct module *mod;
-	struct kobject *drivers_dir;
-	struct module_param_attrs *mp;
-};
 
 /* These are either module local, or the kernel's dummy ones. */
 extern int init_module(void);
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 6301d6e173caa6fbdf49da8c1e170b930989a9ef..a4295e67dd836f7eed37f99c88cd30b9ae3d2a0d 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -545,9 +545,9 @@ static void setup_modinfo_##field(struct module *mod, const char *s)  \
 	mod->field = kstrdup(s, GFP_KERNEL);                          \
 }                                                                     \
 static ssize_t show_modinfo_##field(struct module_attribute *mattr,   \
-	                struct module *mod, char *buffer)             \
+			struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)      \
 {                                                                     \
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", mod->field);                   \
+	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", mk->mod->field);               \
 }                                                                     \
 static int modinfo_##field##_exists(struct module *mod)               \
 {                                                                     \
@@ -902,9 +902,9 @@ void symbol_put_addr(void *addr)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(symbol_put_addr);
 
 static ssize_t show_refcnt(struct module_attribute *mattr,
-			   struct module *mod, char *buffer)
+			   struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
 {
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", module_refcount(mod));
+	return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", module_refcount(mk->mod));
 }
 
 static struct module_attribute refcnt = {
@@ -952,11 +952,11 @@ static inline int module_unload_init(struct module *mod)
 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD */
 
 static ssize_t show_initstate(struct module_attribute *mattr,
-			   struct module *mod, char *buffer)
+			      struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
 {
 	const char *state = "unknown";
 
-	switch (mod->state) {
+	switch (mk->mod->state) {
 	case MODULE_STATE_LIVE:
 		state = "live";
 		break;
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ struct module_sect_attrs
 };
 
 static ssize_t module_sect_show(struct module_attribute *mattr,
-				struct module *mod, char *buf)
+				struct module_kobject *mk, char *buf)
 {
 	struct module_sect_attr *sattr =
 		container_of(mattr, struct module_sect_attr, mattr);
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 2a4ba258f04fc4cd6b3d67981c3fe7982e3f8099..37e9b20a718bfbbe53b35cf5d79fb919123a4f52 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ struct module_param_attrs
 #define to_param_attr(n) container_of(n, struct param_attribute, mattr)
 
 static ssize_t param_attr_show(struct module_attribute *mattr,
-			       struct module *mod, char *buf)
+			       struct module_kobject *mk, char *buf)
 {
 	int count;
 	struct param_attribute *attribute = to_param_attr(mattr);
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_show(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 
 /* sysfs always hands a nul-terminated string in buf.  We rely on that. */
 static ssize_t param_attr_store(struct module_attribute *mattr,
-				struct module *owner,
+				struct module_kobject *km,
 				const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
  	int err;
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ static void __init param_sysfs_builtin(void)
 }
 
 ssize_t __modver_version_show(struct module_attribute *mattr,
-			      struct module *mod, char *buf)
+			      struct module_kobject *mk, char *buf)
 {
 	struct module_version_attribute *vattr =
 		container_of(mattr, struct module_version_attribute, mattr);
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ static ssize_t module_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 	if (!attribute->show)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	ret = attribute->show(attribute, mk->mod, buf);
+	ret = attribute->show(attribute, mk, buf);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static ssize_t module_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 	if (!attribute->store)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	ret = attribute->store(attribute, mk->mod, buf, len);
+	ret = attribute->store(attribute, mk, buf, len);
 
 	return ret;
 }