diff --git a/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.c b/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.c
index 62b5828acde0..c073b81a1f3e 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "tfrc.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_DCCP_TFRC_DEBUG
-bool tfrc_debug;
+static bool tfrc_debug;
 module_param(tfrc_debug, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(tfrc_debug, "Enable TFRC debug messages");
 #endif
diff --git a/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.h b/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.h
index 40ee7d62b652..a3d8f7c76ae0 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.h
+++ b/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "packet_history.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_DCCP_TFRC_DEBUG
-extern bool tfrc_debug;
 #define tfrc_pr_debug(format, a...)	DCCP_PR_DEBUG(tfrc_debug, format, ##a)
 #else
 #define tfrc_pr_debug(format, a...)