diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 92ac3f27b973..556890ea2e83 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -167,8 +167,6 @@ struct lsm_prop {
 };
 
 extern const char *const lockdown_reasons[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX+1];
-extern u32 lsm_active_cnt;
-extern const struct lsm_id *lsm_idlist[];
 
 /* These functions are in security/commoncap.c */
 extern int cap_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
diff --git a/security/lsm.h b/security/lsm.h
index 0e1731bad4a7..dbe755c45e57 100644
--- a/security/lsm.h
+++ b/security/lsm.h
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 #define _LSM_H_
 
 #include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
+#include <linux/lsm_count.h>
+
+/* List of configured LSMs */
+extern unsigned int lsm_active_cnt;
+extern const struct lsm_id *lsm_idlist[];
 
 /* LSM blob configuration */
 extern struct lsm_blob_sizes blob_sizes;
diff --git a/security/lsm_init.c b/security/lsm_init.c
index a0785ca081c7..d40f31e79bd5 100644
--- a/security/lsm_init.c
+++ b/security/lsm_init.c
@@ -217,12 +217,6 @@ static void __init initialize_lsm(struct lsm_info *lsm)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Current index to use while initializing the lsm id list.
- */
-u32 lsm_active_cnt __ro_after_init;
-const struct lsm_id *lsm_idlist[MAX_LSM_COUNT];
-
 /* Populate ordered LSMs list from comma-separated LSM name list. */
 static void __init ordered_lsm_parse(const char *order, const char *origin)
 {
diff --git a/security/lsm_syscalls.c b/security/lsm_syscalls.c
index 8440948a690c..5648b1f0ce9c 100644
--- a/security/lsm_syscalls.c
+++ b/security/lsm_syscalls.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/lsm.h>
 
+#include "lsm.h"
+
 /**
  * lsm_name_to_attr - map an LSM attribute name to its ID
  * @name: name of the attribute
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index dc9734f0d45c..b4eec4f00730 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ const char *const lockdown_reasons[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX + 1] = {
 	[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX] = "confidentiality",
 };
 
+unsigned int lsm_active_cnt __ro_after_init;
+const struct lsm_id *lsm_idlist[MAX_LSM_COUNT];
+
 struct lsm_blob_sizes blob_sizes;
 
 struct kmem_cache *lsm_file_cache;