diff --git a/sys/vm/swap_pager.c b/sys/vm/swap_pager.c
index 6910eae25e95..70bdd704f6e7 100644
--- a/sys/vm/swap_pager.c
+++ b/sys/vm/swap_pager.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ swap_release_by_cred(vm_ooffset_t decr, struct ucred *cred)
 #define SWM_FREE	0x02	/* free, period			*/
 #define SWM_POP		0x04	/* pop out			*/
 
-int swap_pager_full = 2;	/* swap space exhaustion (task killing) */
+static int swap_pager_full = 2;	/* swap space exhaustion (task killing) */
 static int swap_pager_almost_full = 1; /* swap space exhaustion (w/hysteresis)*/
 static int nsw_rcount;		/* free read buffers			*/
 static int nsw_wcount_sync;	/* limit write buffers / synchronous	*/
diff --git a/sys/vm/swap_pager.h b/sys/vm/swap_pager.h
index 6c170a4dec00..cf117a77cb45 100644
--- a/sys/vm/swap_pager.h
+++ b/sys/vm/swap_pager.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ struct swdevt {
 
 #ifdef _KERNEL
 
-extern int swap_pager_full;
 extern int swap_pager_avail;
 
 struct xswdev;