diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 0e06f0c5dd1e60d8d4a4656160f23ed0d6f4cde1..66239fa34f12164ecb84d7326ba975fb7b9421fb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 extern unsigned int minor_count;
 extern bool disable_sendpage;
 extern bool allow_oos;
+void tl_abort_disk_io(struct drbd_conf *mdev);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRBD_FAULT_INJECTION
 extern int enable_faults;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
index 216d47b7e88b72f59e26ede29a758116adc2f687..120e1c0ea6ac4443943ccede852609bc9b3f6888 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
 #include "drbd_int.h"
 #include "drbd_req.h"
 
-/* in drbd_main.c */
-extern void tl_abort_disk_io(struct drbd_conf *mdev);
-
 struct after_state_chg_work {
 	struct drbd_work w;
 	union drbd_state os;