diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index 0ae338866240..7e095147656c 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ int unhandled_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig);
 	(!siginmask(signr, SIG_KERNEL_IGNORE_MASK|SIG_KERNEL_STOP_MASK) && \
 	 (t)->sighand->action[(signr)-1].sa.sa_handler == SIG_DFL)
 
+void signals_init(void);
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_SIGNAL_H */
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index cb81ed116f62..c691f5f7fc27 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/signal.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/bugs.h>
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ extern void init_IRQ(void);
 extern void fork_init(unsigned long);
 extern void mca_init(void);
 extern void sbus_init(void);
-extern void signals_init(void);
 extern void pidhash_init(void);
 extern void pidmap_init(void);
 extern void prio_tree_init(void);