diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
index 6b5af5f976d1b792e35443d319b1fd06b3851c88..5ca0f824420308ec3ae63454bd58ad416580ff60 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 struct ceph_msg;
 struct ceph_connection;
 
-extern struct workqueue_struct *ceph_msgr_wq;       /* receive work queue */
-
 /*
  * Ceph defines these callbacks for handling connection events.
  */
diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index 04d2b975ab0cb336da1a927bf321b9c1a14d8f7f..31f59ac03d8a7fc01bcc3fcf3966aa483533cd0d 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void encode_my_addr(struct ceph_messenger *msgr)
 /*
  * work queue for all reading and writing to/from the socket.
  */
-struct workqueue_struct *ceph_msgr_wq;
+static struct workqueue_struct *ceph_msgr_wq;
 
 int ceph_msgr_init(void)
 {