diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index fef8db024ece..d50cc7f61559 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct irq_stack *, softirq_stack);
 #endif	/* X86_64 */
 
 extern unsigned int xstate_size;
-extern struct kmem_cache *task_xstate_cachep;
 
 struct perf_event;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
index b00d1b3c5811..d0fcf741f70b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpstate_init);
 /*
  * FPU state allocation:
  */
-struct kmem_cache *task_xstate_cachep;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(task_xstate_cachep);
+static struct kmem_cache *task_xstate_cachep;
 
 void fpstate_cache_init(void)
 {