diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 163cd28314e0..361d76be8295 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 /* sysctl tunables... */
 struct files_stat_struct files_stat = {
 	.max_files = NR_FILE
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 515175b8b72e..f67cd141d9a8 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ extern void chroot_fs_refs(struct path *, struct path *);
  * file_table.c
  */
 extern void mark_files_ro(struct super_block *);
+extern struct file *get_empty_filp(void);
 
 /*
  * super.c
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 8c8b379b94a4..1fc038b117be 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 #define ACC_MODE(x) ("\000\004\002\006"[(x)&O_ACCMODE])
 
 /* [Feb-1997 T. Schoebel-Theuer]
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index b4b31d277f3a..d95651e8be9e 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 int vfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 {
 	int retval = -ENODEV;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index a057f48eb156..cdc23be4edde 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2189,7 +2189,6 @@ static inline void insert_inode_hash(struct inode *inode) {
 	__insert_inode_hash(inode, inode->i_ino);
 }
 
-extern struct file * get_empty_filp(void);
 extern void file_move(struct file *f, struct list_head *list);
 extern void file_kill(struct file *f);
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK