diff --git a/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs.h b/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs.h
index beded9cd5455..811df5b2936f 100644
--- a/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs.h
+++ b/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <sys/tree.h>
 
 #ifdef	_SYS_MALLOC_H_
-MALLOC_DECLARE(M_TMPFSMNT);
 MALLOC_DECLARE(M_TMPFSNAME);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c b/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c
index c090cd5aa658..125c5bb64120 100644
--- a/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
  */
 #define TMPFS_DEFAULT_ROOT_MODE	(S_IRWXU|S_IRGRP|S_IXGRP|S_IROTH|S_IXOTH)
 
-MALLOC_DEFINE(M_TMPFSMNT, "tmpfs mount", "tmpfs mount structures");
+static MALLOC_DEFINE(M_TMPFSMNT, "tmpfs mount", "tmpfs mount structures");
 MALLOC_DEFINE(M_TMPFSNAME, "tmpfs name", "tmpfs file names");
 
 static int	tmpfs_mount(struct mount *);