diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
index 5745464922fa67293c1d9ce1e035cf956e83eb79..7612f85e99fb25b825eebb20f80f03646e7b8d0f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ int drm_crtc_force_disable_all(struct drm_device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_crtc_force_disable_all);
 
-DEFINE_WW_CLASS(crtc_ww_class);
-
 static unsigned int drm_num_crtcs(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned int num = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
index 61146f5b4f56a90dc7dc371289ce11a23d38b9e6..9059fe3145a1a9b1f17be25f0612fb6220c150dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
  *  lists and lookup data structures.
  */
 
+static DEFINE_WW_CLASS(crtc_ww_class);
+
 /**
  * drm_modeset_lock_all - take all modeset locks
  * @dev: DRM device
@@ -397,6 +399,17 @@ int drm_modeset_backoff_interruptible(struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_modeset_backoff_interruptible);
 
+/**
+ * drm_modeset_lock_init - initialize lock
+ * @lock: lock to init
+ */
+void drm_modeset_lock_init(struct drm_modeset_lock *lock)
+{
+	ww_mutex_init(&lock->mutex, &crtc_ww_class);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lock->head);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_modeset_lock_init);
+
 /**
  * drm_modeset_lock - take modeset lock
  * @lock: lock to take
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h b/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
index c5576fbcb909f925a241a4f1ff9736bc8c8ad119..d918ce45ec2c089ef673f8e48de079457cfdc3ba 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ struct drm_modeset_lock {
 	struct list_head head;
 };
 
-extern struct ww_class crtc_ww_class;
-
 void drm_modeset_acquire_init(struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx,
 		uint32_t flags);
 void drm_modeset_acquire_fini(struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx);
@@ -91,15 +89,7 @@ void drm_modeset_drop_locks(struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx);
 void drm_modeset_backoff(struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx);
 int drm_modeset_backoff_interruptible(struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx);
 
-/**
- * drm_modeset_lock_init - initialize lock
- * @lock: lock to init
- */
-static inline void drm_modeset_lock_init(struct drm_modeset_lock *lock)
-{
-	ww_mutex_init(&lock->mutex, &crtc_ww_class);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lock->head);
-}
+void drm_modeset_lock_init(struct drm_modeset_lock *lock);
 
 /**
  * drm_modeset_lock_fini - cleanup lock