diff --git a/fs/afs/vnode.c b/fs/afs/vnode.c
index ac811e445b2d..2f05c4fc2a70 100644
--- a/fs/afs/vnode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/vnode.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ int afs_vnode_remove(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct key *key, const char *name,
 /*
  * create a hard link
  */
-extern int afs_vnode_link(struct afs_vnode *dvnode, struct afs_vnode *vnode,
+int afs_vnode_link(struct afs_vnode *dvnode, struct afs_vnode *vnode,
 			  struct key *key, const char *name)
 {
 	struct afs_server *server;