diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c b/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
index 4bcc38b5bbb3520a70cd399287ebfaf267f8ebaa..d3f3856e2dcc19dcaa1909e59546d52fa85ef734 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
@@ -1974,8 +1974,6 @@ static const struct file_operations bcm_fops = {
 	.llseek = no_llseek,
 };
 
-extern struct class *bcm_class;
-
 int register_control_device_interface(PMINI_ADAPTER Adapter)
 {
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm/headers.h b/drivers/staging/bcm/headers.h
index 947d063256818aa92ef67d8e3b71df625ed5ed22..da47db8c8f29941d441544480fc62d94197deb40 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/bcm/headers.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/bcm/headers.h
@@ -74,4 +74,6 @@
 #define DRV_VERSION	VER_FILEVERSION_STR
 #define PFX		DRV_NAME " "
 
+extern struct class *bcm_class;
+
 #endif