diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
index c652d469dc08..b14f43d25e9e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
 #undef K
 }
 
-extern const struct seq_operations fragmentation_op;
 static int fragmentation_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	(void)inode;
@@ -246,7 +245,6 @@ static const struct file_operations fragmentation_file_operations = {
 	.release	= seq_release,
 };
 
-extern const struct seq_operations pagetypeinfo_op;
 static int pagetypeinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	return seq_open(file, &pagetypeinfo_op);
@@ -259,7 +257,6 @@ static const struct file_operations pagetypeinfo_file_ops = {
 	.release	= seq_release,
 };
 
-extern const struct seq_operations zoneinfo_op;
 static int zoneinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	return seq_open(file, &zoneinfo_op);
@@ -356,7 +353,6 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_devinfo_operations = {
 	.release	= seq_release,
 };
 
-extern const struct seq_operations vmstat_op;
 static int vmstat_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	return seq_open(file, &vmstat_op);
diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index e83b69346d23..58334d439516 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
 		NR_VM_EVENT_ITEMS
 };
 
+extern const struct seq_operations fragmentation_op;
+extern const struct seq_operations pagetypeinfo_op;
+extern const struct seq_operations zoneinfo_op;
+extern const struct seq_operations vmstat_op;
+extern int sysctl_stat_interval;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS
 /*
  * Light weight per cpu counter implementation.
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 2a7b9d88706b..1f7b3b76a166 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/vmstat.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
@@ -80,7 +81,6 @@ extern int sysctl_drop_caches;
 extern int percpu_pagelist_fraction;
 extern int compat_log;
 extern int maps_protect;
-extern int sysctl_stat_interval;
 extern int latencytop_enabled;
 extern int sysctl_nr_open_min, sysctl_nr_open_max;
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index c3d4a781802f..b0d08e667ece 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/vmstat.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS