diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/init.c b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
index 67929251286c983597492db0cb5ca08ceb944ee0..60547b7fe2ff97778e49ca5c86eb4bca10a45bf4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/pfn.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/kcore.h>
 
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
diff --git a/arch/score/mm/init.c b/arch/score/mm/init.c
index cee6bce1e30c3663490e05d66725f89c907e62a9..8b6f796c6ade537965b2df1706820cb6492c3b1e 100644
--- a/arch/score/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/score/mm/init.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
-#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/kcore.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 474e28f108151c67830a6e36476ff44ab4802126..24ceda0101bb65e8147cbc921f578c441c436bc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
 #include <linux/nmi.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/kcore.h>
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/bios_ebda.h>
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index eda6f017f272755e2a5bfdbe73fae33c231394a2..8e6ce830de44bfc19af3dce96d4c5e0c5ead1744 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/kcore.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index b870f740ab5a5bb2bf92451fe3b71a81d1f16a17..38edddc25816299a46e36ab4d93ba2443757b948 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/kcore.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/elfcore.h>
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
+#include "internal.h"
 
 /* List representing chunks of contiguous memory areas and their offsets in
  * vmcore file.
diff --git a/include/linux/kcore.h b/include/linux/kcore.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d92762286645a90a0fd8bfad21e6860c8f30e0bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/kcore.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * /proc/kcore definitions
+ */
+#ifndef _LINUX_KCORE_H
+#define _LINUX_KCORE_H
+
+enum kcore_type {
+	KCORE_TEXT,
+	KCORE_VMALLOC,
+	KCORE_RAM,
+	KCORE_VMEMMAP,
+	KCORE_OTHER,
+};
+
+struct kcore_list {
+	struct list_head list;
+	unsigned long addr;
+	size_t size;
+	int type;
+};
+
+struct vmcore {
+	struct list_head list;
+	unsigned long long paddr;
+	unsigned long long size;
+	loff_t offset;
+};
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_KCORE
+extern void kclist_add(struct kcore_list *, void *, size_t, int type);
+#else
+static inline
+void kclist_add(struct kcore_list *new, void *addr, size_t size, int type)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_KCORE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index f5105f4e54f4b201991bc738cfa3733cde2773d4..805edacfc2fcce5e130baf0358abaa61988ea5ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -68,28 +68,6 @@ struct proc_dir_entry {
 	char name[];
 };
 
-enum kcore_type {
-	KCORE_TEXT,
-	KCORE_VMALLOC,
-	KCORE_RAM,
-	KCORE_VMEMMAP,
-	KCORE_OTHER,
-};
-
-struct kcore_list {
-	struct list_head list;
-	unsigned long addr;
-	size_t size;
-	int type;
-};
-
-struct vmcore {
-	struct list_head list;
-	unsigned long long paddr;
-	unsigned long long size;
-	loff_t offset;
-};
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 
 extern void proc_root_init(void);
@@ -214,15 +192,6 @@ static inline void proc_free_inum(unsigned int inum)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
-#if !defined(CONFIG_PROC_KCORE)
-static inline void
-kclist_add(struct kcore_list *new, void *addr, size_t size, int type)
-{
-}
-#else
-extern void kclist_add(struct kcore_list *, void *, size_t, int type);
-#endif
-
 struct nsproxy;
 struct proc_ns_operations {
 	const char *name;