diff --git a/crypto/crypto_user_stat.c b/crypto/crypto_user_stat.c
index 3e9a53233d80..d4d1cb2bedd7 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto_user_stat.c
+++ b/crypto/crypto_user_stat.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(crypto_cfg_mutex);
 
-extern struct sock *crypto_nlsk;
-
 struct crypto_dump_info {
 	struct sk_buff *in_skb;
 	struct sk_buff *out_skb;
diff --git a/include/crypto/internal/cryptouser.h b/include/crypto/internal/cryptouser.h
index 40623f4457df..8c602b187c58 100644
--- a/include/crypto/internal/cryptouser.h
+++ b/include/crypto/internal/cryptouser.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #include <net/netlink.h>
 
+extern struct sock *crypto_nlsk;
+
 struct crypto_alg *crypto_alg_match(struct crypto_user_alg *p, int exact);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRYPTO_STATS