diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h
index 20fc4bbfca42b4327c346fd1f491661838062e34..afc01909a42858b6389d7370fed45d94219df302 100644
--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ struct __kernel_sockaddr_storage {
 #include <linux/types.h>		/* pid_t			*/
 #include <linux/compiler.h>		/* __user			*/
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+# ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 struct seq_file;
 extern void socket_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq);
-#endif
+# endif
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 typedef unsigned short	sa_family_t;