diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index ab6e4974f3797d9847704409886f6e250707dab3..840303769c11e4752c74b2ca3d205bc415c64c68 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct {
 #endif
 };
 
+extern struct kmem_cache *vm_area_cachep;
+
 /*
  * This struct defines the per-mm list of VMAs for uClinux. If CONFIG_MMU is
  * disabled, then there's a single shared list of VMAs maintained by the
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 467b297d2c6f8bf26abff83c46f465dd594daeba..a30a4028a92e96e4ae23448ad9834bc43300ee17 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ static inline void *kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SLOB */
 
 /* System wide caches */
-extern kmem_cache_t	*vm_area_cachep;
 extern kmem_cache_t	*names_cachep;
 extern kmem_cache_t	*files_cachep;
 extern kmem_cache_t	*filp_cachep;