diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 914178cdbe94b45c1c14040733eb67cdbcf4bc55..d604f6b3bcc3162f9cec2900e46c94a21d9adc9f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/init_task.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <linux/build_bug.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "mount.h"
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ getname_flags(const char __user *filename, int flags, int *empty)
 	struct filename *result;
 	char *kname;
 	int len;
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct filename, iname) % sizeof(long) != 0);
 
 	result = audit_reusename(filename);
 	if (result)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 08f26046233ee621c4beed40344bde90f22b33cc..1a775aa3e349313b824c7554665fa976966a1d6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/errseq.h>
 #include <linux/ioprio.h>
+#include <linux/build_bug.h>
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/fs.h>
@@ -2493,6 +2495,7 @@ struct filename {
 	struct audit_names	*aname;
 	const char		iname[];
 };
+static_assert(offsetof(struct filename, iname) % sizeof(long) == 0);
 
 extern long vfs_truncate(const struct path *, loff_t);
 extern int do_truncate(struct dentry *, loff_t start, unsigned int time_attrs,