diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 66239fa34f12164ecb84d7326ba975fb7b9421fb..27df55fb92ca21d5aa545f6357cf265e7a3f2594 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -588,6 +588,10 @@ struct drbd_epoch {
 	unsigned long flags;
 };
 
+/* Prototype declaration of function defined in drbd_receiver.c */
+int drbdd_init(struct drbd_thread *);
+int drbd_asender(struct drbd_thread *);
+
 /* drbd_epoch flag bits */
 enum {
 	DE_HAVE_BARRIER_NUMBER,
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 139539a115f8528ee78486276603b3f72b1b6262..c0b8b2497bdddb0c2817257dbc759d2ca2b97af8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@
 #include "drbd_vli.h"
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(drbd_main_mutex);
-int drbdd_init(struct drbd_thread *);
 int drbd_worker(struct drbd_thread *);
-int drbd_asender(struct drbd_thread *);
 
 int drbd_init(void);
 static int drbd_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode);