diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.h b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.h
index 86b225686d..fc03a67a95 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.h
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.h
@@ -42,17 +42,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-int
-nvmf_tgt_init(char *nodebase, int max_in_capsule_data, int max_sessions,
-	      int max_queue_depth, int max_conn_per_sess, int max_recv_seg_len, int listen_port);
-
 int
 spdk_nvmf_check_pools(void);
 
-int
-nvmf_initialize(void);
-
-void
-nvmf_shutdown(void);
-
 #endif /* __NVMF_H__ */
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h b/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
index 5d1885e41c..01f919e4ed 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
@@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ struct spdk_nvmf_globals {
 void
 nvmf_complete_cmd(void *rsp, const struct spdk_nvme_cpl *cmp);
 
+
+int nvmf_tgt_init(char *nodebase, int max_in_capsule_data, int max_sessions, int max_queue_depth,
+		  int max_conn_per_sess, int max_recv_seg_len, int listen_port);
+
+int nvmf_initialize(void);
+void nvmf_shutdown(void);
+
 extern struct spdk_nvmf_globals g_nvmf_tgt;
 
 #endif /* __NVMF_INTERNAL_H__ */