diff --git a/fs/coda/coda_int.h b/fs/coda/coda_int.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9e6338fea51471a1fa5fc1b12b774ed158e33ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/coda/coda_int.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef _CODA_INT_
+#define _CODA_INT_
+
+extern struct file_system_type coda_fs_type;
+
+void coda_destroy_inodecache(void);
+int coda_init_inodecache(void);
+int coda_fsync(struct file *coda_file, struct dentry *coda_dentry,
+	       int datasync);
+
+#endif  /*  _CODA_INT_  */
+
+
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 8f1a517f8b4e26faa35dfb89e6682d2a136be683..54f76de8a686f30c9ab03917ce18524341031a66 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include <linux/coda_cache.h>
 #include <linux/coda_proc.h>
 
+#include "coda_int.h"
+
 /* dir inode-ops */
 static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new, int mode, struct nameidata *nd);
 static struct dentry *coda_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *target, struct nameidata *nd);
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@ static int coda_dentry_delete(struct dentry *);
 /* support routines */
 static int coda_venus_readdir(struct file *filp, filldir_t filldir,
 			      void *dirent, struct dentry *dir);
-int coda_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync);
 
 /* same as fs/bad_inode.c */
 static int coda_return_EIO(void)
diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index 30b4630bd735f3025f4e6656d745e3c82d106483..146a991d6eb5890349165a59dc6c203daea5a556 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <linux/coda_psdev.h>
 #include <linux/coda_proc.h>
 
+#include "coda_int.h"
+
 /* if CODA_STORE fails with EOPNOTSUPP, venus clearly doesn't support
  * CODA_STORE/CODA_RELEASE and we fall back on using the CODA_CLOSE upcall */
 static int use_coda_close;
diff --git a/fs/coda/inode.c b/fs/coda/inode.c
index 04a73fb4848f443864574da3db2b9adcf18043fc..7d7d52f74b28db2a79d5578e19e971d994d6072a 100644
--- a/fs/coda/inode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/inode.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <linux/coda_fs_i.h>
 #include <linux/coda_cache.h>
 
+#include "coda_int.h"
+
 /* VFS super_block ops */
 static void coda_clear_inode(struct inode *);
 static void coda_put_super(struct super_block *);
diff --git a/fs/coda/psdev.c b/fs/coda/psdev.c
index 6a3df88accfe05ba4cab10d16ff0945028d8478c..98c74fe2e139d0f349cb1201577abdbad8b6b3f2 100644
--- a/fs/coda/psdev.c
+++ b/fs/coda/psdev.c
@@ -48,12 +48,9 @@
 #include <linux/coda_psdev.h>
 #include <linux/coda_proc.h>
 
-#define upc_free(r) kfree(r)
+#include "coda_int.h"
 
-/* 
- * Coda stuff
- */
-extern struct file_system_type coda_fs_type;
+#define upc_free(r) kfree(r)
 
 /* statistics */
 int           coda_hard;         /* allows signals during upcalls */
@@ -394,8 +391,6 @@ static int init_coda_psdev(void)
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Peter J. Braam <braam@cs.cmu.edu>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-extern int coda_init_inodecache(void);
-extern void coda_destroy_inodecache(void);
 static int __init init_coda(void)
 {
 	int status;