diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 5489b2d..2bb3f7a 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure);
 
  __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dcache_lock);
-static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(rename_lock);
+__cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(rename_lock);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcache_lock);