diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 7fd8c80fa0fc..decdf9917e0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ Who:	Grant Coady <gcoady@gmail.com>
 
 ---------------------------
 
+What:	remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_timeout)
+When:	April 2006
+Files:	kernel/panic.c
+Why:	No modular usage in the kernel.
+Who:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_resource)
 When:	April 2006
 Files:	kernel/resource.c
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index b6419489b27b..b1e407a4fbda 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static inline void console_verbose(void)
 
 extern void bust_spinlocks(int yes);
 extern int oops_in_progress;		/* If set, an oops, panic(), BUG() or die() is in progress */
-extern int panic_timeout;
+extern __deprecated_for_modules int panic_timeout;
 extern int panic_on_oops;
 extern int tainted;
 extern const char *print_tainted(void);