diff --git a/include/spdk_internal/log.h b/include/spdk_internal/log.h
index 8a420861b..0e3cc49ad 100644
--- a/include/spdk_internal/log.h
+++ b/include/spdk_internal/log.h
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
 
 #include "spdk/log.h"
 
-extern enum spdk_log_level g_spdk_log_level;
-extern enum spdk_log_level g_spdk_log_print_level;
-
 #define SPDK_ERRLOGDUMP(LABEL, BUF, LEN)				\
 	do {								\
 		if ((LEN)) {						\
diff --git a/lib/log/log.c b/lib/log/log.c
index 1d4cc3712..b7f0e453d 100644
--- a/lib/log/log.c
+++ b/lib/log/log.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ static const char *const spdk_level_names[] = {
 static logfunc *g_log = NULL;
 static bool g_log_timestamps = true;
 
+extern enum spdk_log_level g_spdk_log_level;
+extern enum spdk_log_level g_spdk_log_print_level;
+
 void
 spdk_log_open(logfunc *logf)
 {