diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 2732953f49e4..f909d9e9faaa 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ atomic_t small_buf_alloc_count;
 atomic_t total_buf_alloc_count;
 atomic_t total_small_buf_alloc_count;
 #endif/* STATS2 */
+struct list_head	cifs_tcp_ses_list;
+spinlock_t		cifs_tcp_ses_lock;
 static const struct super_operations cifs_super_ops;
 unsigned int CIFSMaxBufSize = CIFS_MAX_MSGSIZE;
 module_param(CIFSMaxBufSize, uint, 0444);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index c5eecc9522b3..9b7f409bfc8c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ require use of the stronger protocol */
  * sessions (and from that the tree connections) can be found
  * by iterating over cifs_tcp_ses_list
  */
-GLOBAL_EXTERN struct list_head		cifs_tcp_ses_list;
+extern struct list_head		cifs_tcp_ses_list;
 
 /*
  * This lock protects the cifs_tcp_ses_list, the list of smb sessions per
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ GLOBAL_EXTERN struct list_head		cifs_tcp_ses_list;
  * tcon->open_file_lock and that before file->file_info_lock since the
  * structure order is cifs_socket-->cifs_ses-->cifs_tcon-->cifs_file
  */
-GLOBAL_EXTERN spinlock_t		cifs_tcp_ses_lock;
+extern spinlock_t		cifs_tcp_ses_lock;
 
 /*
  * Global transaction id (XID) information