diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
index 2d244551298bfbcf45aa3b6abfdd045a2345155e..8d8e2b3f263e6127d9af53a7a0eda62e44b5b42b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ struct nsim_vf_config {
 
 static u32 nsim_dev_id;
 
+static struct dentry *nsim_ddir;
+static struct dentry *nsim_sdev_ddir;
+
 static int nsim_num_vf(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct netdevsim *ns = to_nsim(dev);
@@ -566,9 +569,6 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops nsim_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.dellink	= nsim_dellink,
 };
 
-struct dentry *nsim_ddir;
-struct dentry *nsim_sdev_ddir;
-
 static int __init nsim_module_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
index 02be199eb005db8333174f4764a8bc941c0df6cb..384c254fafc5c0513c54851f3e88c030d3e0847d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
@@ -103,9 +103,6 @@ struct netdevsim {
 	struct nsim_ipsec ipsec;
 };
 
-extern struct dentry *nsim_ddir;
-extern struct dentry *nsim_sdev_ddir;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
 int nsim_bpf_init(struct netdevsim *ns);
 void nsim_bpf_uninit(struct netdevsim *ns);