diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 2bb2357d83bb50458e107abe5906366d4f76b5e6..3ca60b070ef0647c8d8f5871ba1b7a15825973da 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1666,9 +1666,6 @@ extern int call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev);
 
 extern rwlock_t				dev_base_lock;		/* Device list lock */
 
-extern seqcount_t	devnet_rename_seq;	/* Device rename seq */
-
-
 #define for_each_netdev(net, d)		\
 		list_for_each_entry(d, &(net)->dev_base_head, dev_list)
 #define for_each_netdev_reverse(net, d)	\
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 26755dd40daa82ff5db7dcb994cabb3d6bf6252f..dfd9f5d56ae0037982cebfff3b2d5f321aaf2ce9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(napi_hash_lock);
 static unsigned int napi_gen_id;
 static DEFINE_HASHTABLE(napi_hash, 8);
 
-seqcount_t devnet_rename_seq;
+static seqcount_t devnet_rename_seq;
 
 static inline void dev_base_seq_inc(struct net *net)
 {