diff --git a/include/net/datalink.h b/include/net/datalink.h
index deb7ca75db48..93cb18f729b5 100644
--- a/include/net/datalink.h
+++ b/include/net/datalink.h
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ struct datalink_proto {
 	struct list_head node;
 };
 
+struct datalink_proto *make_EII_client(void);
+void destroy_EII_client(struct datalink_proto *dl);
 #endif
diff --git a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
index e5a00a9b52f3..224d05856b85 100644
--- a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
+++ b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <net/p8022.h>
 #include <net/psnap.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/datalink.h>
 #include <net/tcp_states.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -1977,9 +1978,6 @@ static struct notifier_block ipx_dev_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call	= ipxitf_device_event,
 };
 
-extern struct datalink_proto *make_EII_client(void);
-extern void destroy_EII_client(struct datalink_proto *);
-
 static const unsigned char ipx_8022_type = 0xE0;
 static const unsigned char ipx_snap_id[5] = { 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x81, 0x37 };
 static const char ipx_EII_err_msg[] __initconst =