diff --git a/include/linux/elf.h b/include/linux/elf.h
index 0b61ca41a0445009ee757680aa31fa2320e144f2..45a937be6d38c1079ea0b92adb8b595d760af1f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/linux/elf.h
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ typedef struct elf64_note {
   Elf64_Word n_type;	/* Content type */
 } Elf64_Nhdr;
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
 #if ELF_CLASS == ELFCLASS32
 
 extern Elf32_Dyn _DYNAMIC [];
@@ -404,5 +405,5 @@ static inline int elf_coredump_extra_notes_write(struct file *file,
 extern int elf_coredump_extra_notes_size(void);
 extern int elf_coredump_extra_notes_write(struct file *file, loff_t *foffset);
 #endif
-
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_ELF_H */