diff --git a/include/linux/anon_inodes.h b/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
index 69a21e0ebd33c5e559aae05b0fc98471fd5cb0a6..8013a45242fe37df8b07d8970e14f3ab05d570da 100644
--- a/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
+++ b/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_ANON_INODES_H
 #define _LINUX_ANON_INODES_H
 
+struct file_operations;
+
 struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 				const struct file_operations *fops,
 				void *priv, int flags);