diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index a1ac9427243f..0e276fd74563 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ extern void __init chrdev_init(void);
  * namei.c
  */
 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 788f3cbc12b7..e53a91237b6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ 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);