diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.h b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.h
index cb503c88c7f4..da4b4f5553f5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.h
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 extern struct class *comedi_class;
 extern const struct file_operations comedi_fops;
 extern int comedi_autoconfig;
+extern struct comedi_driver *comedi_drivers;
 
 #endif /* _COMEDI_FOPS_H */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c
index 2b41faf37c60..c0035cb759aa 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@
 
 #define __NO_VERSION__
 #include "comedidev.h"
+#include "comedi_fops.h"
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 /* #include <linux/string.h> */
 
-extern struct comedi_driver *comedi_drivers;
-
 int comedi_read_procmem(char *buf, char **start, off_t offset, int len,
 			int *eof, void *data)
 {