diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/sysfs.h b/drivers/staging/iio/sysfs.h
index bf34cfbd9c2b318b21701391b282f525ff5abf17..0b75823fbe1bbd6f685938e234010a4409f3bfee 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/sysfs.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/sysfs.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #ifndef _INDUSTRIAL_IO_SYSFS_H_
 #define _INDUSTRIAL_IO_SYSFS_H_
 
-#include "iio.h"
+struct iio_chan_spec;
 
 /**
  * struct iio_dev_attr - iio specific device attribute