diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
index f491340f32ad4e390f979f970ce5b626dbc90d54..c7a863219fa36b77d9587d12a18aeca2cae1d52a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
@@ -483,15 +483,6 @@ static const struct file_operations cifs_##name##_proc_fops = { \
 	.write		= name##_write, \
 }
 
-extern int rdma_readwrite_threshold;
-extern int smbd_max_frmr_depth;
-extern int smbd_keep_alive_interval;
-extern int smbd_max_receive_size;
-extern int smbd_max_fragmented_recv_size;
-extern int smbd_max_send_size;
-extern int smbd_send_credit_target;
-extern int smbd_receive_credit_max;
-
 PROC_FILE_DEFINE(rdma_readwrite_threshold);
 PROC_FILE_DEFINE(smbd_max_frmr_depth);
 PROC_FILE_DEFINE(smbd_keep_alive_interval);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.h b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.h
index fdb8df84fa1fecd8bf8cee3714df4face84425dd..f9038daea1945db912eb6461a4e3cddef1722772 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.h
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@
 #include <rdma/rdma_cm.h>
 #include <linux/mempool.h>
 
+extern int rdma_readwrite_threshold;
+extern int smbd_max_frmr_depth;
+extern int smbd_keep_alive_interval;
+extern int smbd_max_receive_size;
+extern int smbd_max_fragmented_recv_size;
+extern int smbd_max_send_size;
+extern int smbd_send_credit_target;
+extern int smbd_receive_credit_max;
+
 enum keep_alive_status {
 	KEEP_ALIVE_NONE,
 	KEEP_ALIVE_PENDING,