diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 11c6d89dce9c..7e1847dd4e3b 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ static inline bool atime_needs_update_rcu(const struct path *path,
 	return __atime_needs_update(path, inode, true);
 }
 
-extern bool atime_needs_update_rcu(const struct path *, struct inode *);
-
 /*
  * fs-writeback.c
  */