diff --git a/net/rds/ib.c b/net/rds/ib.c
index 91fe46f1e4ccf..0f557b2433112 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib.c
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 #include "ib.h"
 #include "ib_mr.h"
 
-unsigned int rds_ib_mr_1m_pool_size = RDS_MR_1M_POOL_SIZE;
-unsigned int rds_ib_mr_8k_pool_size = RDS_MR_8K_POOL_SIZE;
+static unsigned int rds_ib_mr_1m_pool_size = RDS_MR_1M_POOL_SIZE;
+static unsigned int rds_ib_mr_8k_pool_size = RDS_MR_8K_POOL_SIZE;
 unsigned int rds_ib_retry_count = RDS_IB_DEFAULT_RETRY_COUNT;
 
 module_param(rds_ib_mr_1m_pool_size, int, 0444);
diff --git a/net/rds/ib_mr.h b/net/rds/ib_mr.h
index 24c086db4511d..5d6e98a79a5e4 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_mr.h
+++ b/net/rds/ib_mr.h
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ struct rds_ib_mr_pool {
 };
 
 extern struct workqueue_struct *rds_ib_mr_wq;
-extern unsigned int rds_ib_mr_1m_pool_size;
-extern unsigned int rds_ib_mr_8k_pool_size;
 extern bool prefer_frmr;
 
 struct rds_ib_mr_pool *rds_ib_create_mr_pool(struct rds_ib_device *rds_dev,