diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 72f0721f75e734ae88d4b3f84272a7a552fb0a4f..6b5268688a81a64b628cea5e50777f0ca7b96b03 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -232,6 +232,18 @@ struct irq_affinity_notify {
 	void (*release)(struct kref *ref);
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct irq_affinity - Description for automatic irq affinity assignements
+ * @pre_vectors:	Don't apply affinity to @pre_vectors at beginning of
+ *			the MSI(-X) vector space
+ * @post_vectors:	Don't apply affinity to @post_vectors at end of
+ *			the MSI(-X) vector space
+ */
+struct irq_affinity {
+	int	pre_vectors;
+	int	post_vectors;
+};
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 
 extern cpumask_var_t irq_default_affinity;