diff --git a/include/linux/if_ether.h b/include/linux/if_ether.h
index 0f1325d9829..0065ffd3226 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_ether.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ static inline struct ethhdr *eth_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 int eth_header_parse(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-extern struct ctl_table ether_table[];
-#endif
-
 int mac_pton(const char *s, u8 *mac);
 extern ssize_t sysfs_format_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr, int len);