diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
index 9096d311e45d..c2d9b793759d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
@@ -631,8 +631,6 @@ struct ll_file_data {
 
 struct lov_stripe_md;
 
-extern spinlock_t inode_lock;
-
 extern struct dentry *llite_root;
 extern struct kset *llite_kset;