diff --git a/include/linux/altera_uart.h b/include/linux/altera_uart.h
index c022c82db7cac72baae890d7e0be4ca88bb3f127..a10a907919764811678f994819f053efb379a9e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/altera_uart.h
+++ b/include/linux/altera_uart.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #ifndef	__ALTUART_H
 #define	__ALTUART_H
 
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
 struct altera_uart_platform_uart {
 	unsigned long mapbase;	/* Physical address base */
 	unsigned int irq;	/* Interrupt vector */
@@ -12,4 +14,6 @@ struct altera_uart_platform_uart {
 	unsigned int bus_shift;	/* Bus shift (address stride) */
 };
 
+int __init early_altera_uart_setup(struct altera_uart_platform_uart *platp);
+
 #endif /* __ALTUART_H */