diff --git a/include/linux/page_ext.h b/include/linux/page_ext.h
index bc2e39090a1f50453fe76aa544404eb531009d11..67314f648aeba5aa1ca5f13e78386e3d22216370 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_ext.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_ext.h
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ struct page_ext_operations {
 	bool need_shared_flags;
 };
 
-extern bool deferred_struct_pages;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION
 
 /*
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index f1b2d8d80987e027a3a07ac19f12b0455dbb372a..43bc4c82dc58f6fc54ee5c19c8d0b124e6c4ae34 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 #include <linux/rmap.h>
 #include <linux/mempolicy.h>
 #include <linux/key.h>
-#include <linux/page_ext.h>
 #include <linux/debug_locks.h>
 #include <linux/debugobjects.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
@@ -1565,9 +1564,6 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
 
 	padata_init();
 	page_alloc_init_late();
-	/* Initialize page ext after all struct pages are initialized. */
-	if (deferred_struct_pages)
-		page_ext_init();
 
 	do_basic_setup();
 
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 43f6d3ed24ef60d7523d58ab033b6c4cef685720..ff70da11e79715d08da22c2578fd8d48f4aaf081 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static unsigned long nr_kernel_pages __initdata;
 static unsigned long nr_all_pages __initdata;
 static unsigned long dma_reserve __initdata;
 
-bool deferred_struct_pages __meminitdata;
+static bool deferred_struct_pages __meminitdata;
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct per_cpu_nodestat, boot_nodestats);
 
@@ -2358,6 +2358,10 @@ void __init page_alloc_init_late(void)
 
 	for_each_populated_zone(zone)
 		set_zone_contiguous(zone);
+
+	/* Initialize page ext after all struct pages are initialized. */
+	if (deferred_struct_pages)
+		page_ext_init();
 }
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_RESERVED_KERNEL_PAGES