diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h b/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
index 0a0134161b1b30dd64057f8d7251b2d754913875..c34b1c126363cc4c1ae4f88e32ec634f015d13ec 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ static inline int l2cap_tx_window_full(struct l2cap_chan *ch)
 #define __is_sar_start(ctrl)	(((ctrl) & L2CAP_CTRL_SAR) == L2CAP_SDU_START)
 
 extern int disable_ertm;
-extern const struct proto_ops l2cap_sock_ops;
 extern struct bt_sock_list l2cap_sk_list;
 
 int l2cap_init_sockets(void);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index 0e23ebdf7c8f17170aa20397c528bdd5c6e17c3d..09cc7a0053491c80160855b251acbda436290d25 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include <net/bluetooth/hci_core.h>
 #include <net/bluetooth/l2cap.h>
 
+static const struct proto_ops l2cap_sock_ops;
+
 /* ---- L2CAP timers ---- */
 static void l2cap_sock_timeout(unsigned long arg)
 {
@@ -1106,7 +1108,7 @@ static int l2cap_sock_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-const struct proto_ops l2cap_sock_ops = {
+static const struct proto_ops l2cap_sock_ops = {
 	.family		= PF_BLUETOOTH,
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.release	= l2cap_sock_release,