diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 383da1ab9e23b0ea2fe305962ff553d97181bf04..98004262bc8767e3e6812d454be70da094fa3189 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ static inline void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_SET_ACCESS_FLAGS
-extern int huge_ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-				      unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
-				      pte_t pte, int dirty);
+int huge_ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+			       unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
+			       pte_t pte, int dirty);
 
 static inline void arch_clear_hugepage_flags(struct page *page)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
index 010e1c616cb2a15147b9335f9f929b45d281e0c6..1e33dccbd176f5b6849d7cf7ac156beafd7e3ea3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ int ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
-extern int huge_ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-				      unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
-				      pte_t pte, int dirty)
+int huge_ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+			       unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
+			       pte_t pte, int dirty)
 {
 #ifdef HUGETLB_NEED_PRELOAD
 	/*