diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index af9fa74..6762bfb 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
 /*
  * inode.c
  */
-struct inode *kernfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct kernfs_node *kn);
 void kernfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int kernfs_iop_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int kernfs_iop_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index 71ecdab..e6b2f7d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@
 
 struct kernfs_node *kernfs_node_from_dentry(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct kernfs_root *kernfs_root_from_sb(struct super_block *sb);
+struct inode *kernfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct kernfs_node *kn);
 
 struct kernfs_root *kernfs_create_root(struct kernfs_syscall_ops *scops,
 				       unsigned int flags, void *priv);
@@ -352,6 +353,10 @@
 static inline struct kernfs_root *kernfs_root_from_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 { return NULL; }
 
+static inline struct inode *
+kernfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct kernfs_node *kn)
+{ return NULL; }
+
 static inline struct kernfs_root *
 kernfs_create_root(struct kernfs_syscall_ops *scops, unsigned int flags,
 		   void *priv)