diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/early_printk.c
index 7d3fe08a48eb..3cc944df04f6 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 
-extern void mvme16x_cons_write(struct console *co,
-			       const char *str, unsigned count);
+
+#include "../mvme16x/mvme16x.h"
 
 asmlinkage void __init debug_cons_nputs(const char *s, unsigned n);
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/mvme16x/config.c b/arch/m68k/mvme16x/config.c
index f00c7aa058de..2b7eac224138 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mvme16x/config.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mvme16x/config.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #include <asm/mvme16xhw.h>
 #include <asm/config.h>
 
+#include "mvme16x.h"
+
 extern t_bdid mvme_bdid;
 
 static MK48T08ptr_t volatile rtc = (MK48T08ptr_t)MVME_RTC_BASE;
diff --git a/arch/m68k/mvme16x/mvme16x.h b/arch/m68k/mvme16x/mvme16x.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..159c34b70039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/m68k/mvme16x/mvme16x.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+struct console;
+
+/* config.c */
+void mvme16x_cons_write(struct console *co, const char *str, unsigned count);