diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 4df79ffdc3a058ea0b0c35027255834d3c216c57..0a86bfea64d05a1ab1c09b387e3c44daebe4ec9c 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -1896,6 +1896,7 @@ static inline void security_bpf_prog_free(struct bpf_prog_aux *aux)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 struct perf_event_attr;
+struct perf_event;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
 extern int security_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int type);