diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 89b14729d59f..fe580cb96683 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -937,10 +937,6 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_get_oom_group(struct task_struct *victim,
 					    struct mem_cgroup *oom_domain);
 void mem_cgroup_print_oom_group(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP
-extern bool cgroup_memory_noswap;
-#endif
-
 void folio_memcg_lock(struct folio *folio);
 void folio_memcg_unlock(struct folio *folio);
 void lock_page_memcg(struct page *page);
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index b2d5c6618c8a..5cf5e32de313 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static bool cgroup_memory_nokmem __ro_after_init;
 
 /* Whether the swap controller is active */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP
-bool cgroup_memory_noswap __ro_after_init;
+static bool cgroup_memory_noswap __ro_after_init;
 #else
 #define cgroup_memory_noswap		1
 #endif