diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index a5d1106..6e211b6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -780,10 +780,12 @@
  */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN spinlock_t	cifs_file_list_lock;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DNOTIFY_EXPERIMENTAL /* unused temporarily */
 /* Outstanding dir notify requests */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN struct list_head GlobalDnotifyReqList;
 /* DirNotify response queue */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN struct list_head GlobalDnotifyRsp_Q;
+#endif /* was needed for dnotify, and will be needed for inotify when VFS fix */
 
 /*
  * Global transaction id (XID) information