diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/Kbuild b/include/uapi/rdma/Kbuild
index 82bdf5626859989085f831ee3a3a70c1b26ff066..541311115505d814dccdaefa563bbe6099aafe4d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/Kbuild
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/Kbuild
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # UAPI Header export list
 header-y += ib_user_cm.h
+header-y += rdma_user_ioctl.h
 header-y += ib_user_mad.h
 header-y += ib_user_sa.h
 header-y += ib_user_verbs.h
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/hfi/hfi1_user.h b/include/uapi/rdma/hfi/hfi1_user.h
index 587b7360e820961f9a277d8259d9d7f24eb92665..57d3613f2ff8517e0ad9bef20c5242c1298d3548 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/hfi/hfi1_user.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/hfi/hfi1_user.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #define _LINUX__HFI1_USER_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h>
 
 /*
  * This version number is given to the driver by the user code during
@@ -132,7 +133,6 @@
  * User IOCTLs can not go above 128 if they do then see common.h and change the
  * base for the snoop ioctl
  */
-#define IB_IOCTL_MAGIC 0x1b /* See Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt */
 
 /*
  * Make the ioctls occupy the last 0xf0-0xff portion of the IB range
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_mad.h b/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_mad.h
index 09f809f323eaaf211d50652cec037a93bbdb86a1..9de7a2b273d7f432221124b4d2d82d80afd80af6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_mad.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_mad.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define IB_USER_MAD_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h>
 
 /*
  * Increment this value if any changes that break userspace ABI
@@ -230,8 +230,6 @@ struct ib_user_mad_reg_req2 {
 	__u8	reserved[3];
 };
 
-#define IB_IOCTL_MAGIC		0x1b
-
 #define IB_USER_MAD_REGISTER_AGENT	_IOWR(IB_IOCTL_MAGIC, 1, \
 					      struct ib_user_mad_reg_req)
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h b/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ba1bcdd7178dc741a6ceafa8b114d475e7767fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Mellanox Technologies, LTD. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two
+ * licenses.  You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) Version 2, available from the file
+ * COPYING in the main directory of this source tree, or the
+ * OpenIB.org BSD license below:
+ *
+ *     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
+ *     without modification, are permitted provided that the following
+ *     conditions are met:
+ *
+ *      - Redistributions of source code must retain the above
+ *        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ *        disclaimer.
+ *
+ *      - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ *        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ *        disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+ *        provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+ * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef RDMA_USER_IOCTL_H
+#define RDMA_USER_IOCTL_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+
+/* Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt */
+#define RDMA_IOCTL_MAGIC		0x1b
+#define IB_IOCTL_MAGIC			RDMA_IOCTL_MAGIC
+
+#endif /* RDMA_USER_IOCTL_H */