diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 3b23772d3bbb..472dd24d4823 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1088,8 +1088,7 @@ void device_link_remove(void *consumer, struct device *supplier);
 void device_links_supplier_sync_state_pause(void);
 void device_links_supplier_sync_state_resume(void);
 
-extern __printf(3, 4)
-int dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...);
+__printf(3, 4) int dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /* Create alias, so I can be autoloaded. */
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(major,minor) \