diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c b/drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c
index e9e917cc6441..e1416b007aa4 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c
@@ -623,8 +623,6 @@ static struct configfs_attribute *target_fabric_port_attrs[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-extern struct configfs_item_operations target_core_dev_item_ops;
-
 static int target_fabric_port_link(
 	struct config_item *lun_ci,
 	struct config_item *se_dev_ci)
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
index f30e8ac13386..2c5004ffb581 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ int	target_for_each_device(int (*fn)(struct se_device *dev, void *data),
 			       void *data);
 
 /* target_core_configfs.c */
+extern struct configfs_item_operations target_core_dev_item_ops;
 void	target_setup_backend_cits(struct target_backend *);
 
 /* target_core_fabric_configfs.c */