diff --git a/src/util/virmdev.c b/src/util/virmdev.c
index 6c513884b8d60092ee541698ccde1195995303ac..d7bcb1d14881b2b0473c92e5d059a0e7131a2621 100644
--- a/src/util/virmdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virmdev.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "dirname.h"
 #include "virmdev.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
 #include "virfile.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
diff --git a/src/util/virmdev.h b/src/util/virmdev.h
index cfda2cacab4e7c34dcf428183307d9c207fd99b1..7c93c4d390cefb0b2012ee9551a81f335186aa9b 100644
--- a/src/util/virmdev.h
+++ b/src/util/virmdev.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 # include "internal.h"
 # include "virobject.h"
 # include "virutil.h"
+# include "viralloc.h"
 
 typedef enum {
     VIR_MDEV_MODEL_TYPE_VFIO_PCI = 0,
@@ -135,4 +136,7 @@ int
 virMediatedDeviceTypeReadAttrs(const char *sysfspath,
                                virMediatedDeviceTypePtr *type);
 
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(virMediatedDevice, virMediatedDeviceFree)
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(virMediatedDeviceType, virMediatedDeviceTypeFree)
+
 #endif /* __VIR_MDEV_H__ */