diff --git a/object-file.h b/object-file.h
index 3fd48dcafb..097e9764be 100644
--- a/object-file.h
+++ b/object-file.h
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@
 
 struct index_state;
 
-/*
- * Set this to 0 to prevent odb_read_object_info_extended() from fetching missing
- * blobs. This has a difference only if extensions.partialClone is set.
- *
- * Its default value is 1.
- */
-extern int fetch_if_missing;
-
 enum {
 	INDEX_WRITE_OBJECT = (1 << 0),
 	INDEX_FORMAT_CHECK = (1 << 1),
diff --git a/odb.h b/odb.h
index 2bec895d13..2346ffeca8 100644
--- a/odb.h
+++ b/odb.h
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ struct strbuf;
 struct repository;
 struct multi_pack_index;
 
+/*
+ * Set this to 0 to prevent odb_read_object_info_extended() from fetching missing
+ * blobs. This has a difference only if extensions.partialClone is set.
+ *
+ * Its default value is 1.
+ */
+extern int fetch_if_missing;
+
 /*
  * Compute the exact path an alternate is at and returns it. In case of
  * error NULL is returned and the human readable error is added to `err`