diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index a48ef81be37d..68e23279d709 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ extern int finish_clean_context(struct fs_context *fc);
 extern int filename_lookup(int dfd, struct filename *name, unsigned flags,
 			   struct path *path, struct path *root);
 extern int user_path_mountpoint_at(int, const char __user *, unsigned int, struct path *);
-extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
-			   const char *, unsigned int, struct path *);
 long do_mknodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, umode_t mode,
 		unsigned int dev);
 long do_mkdirat(int dfd, const char __user *pathname, umode_t mode);
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 474b3c2de089..ff686a3989e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigne
 extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, unsigned int);
 extern void done_path_create(struct path *, struct dentry *);
 extern struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *, struct path *);
+extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
+			   const char *, unsigned int, struct path *);
 extern int kern_path_mountpoint(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);
 
 extern struct dentry *try_lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);