diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 7efaece534a9..5cf4781d5546 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ static u32	audit_backlog_limit = 64;
 static u32	audit_backlog_wait_time = AUDIT_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME;
 
 /* The identity of the user shutting down the audit system. */
-kuid_t		audit_sig_uid = INVALID_UID;
-pid_t		audit_sig_pid = -1;
-u32		audit_sig_sid = 0;
+static kuid_t		audit_sig_uid = INVALID_UID;
+static pid_t		audit_sig_pid = -1;
+static u32		audit_sig_sid = 0;
 
 /* Records can be lost in several ways:
    0) [suppressed in audit_alloc]
diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index ddc22878433d..3b9c0945225a 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -327,10 +327,6 @@ static inline int audit_signal_info_syscall(struct task_struct *t)
 
 extern char *audit_unpack_string(void **bufp, size_t *remain, size_t len);
 
-extern pid_t audit_sig_pid;
-extern kuid_t audit_sig_uid;
-extern u32 audit_sig_sid;
-
 extern int audit_filter(int msgtype, unsigned int listtype);
 
 extern void audit_ctl_lock(void);