diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevip.c b/src/util/virnetdevip.c
index 7197d07d6007fc5f6bf71dc5499c14605b37059d..fdb0b74b37570ba8af014f0b0a5da470b65e8f53 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevip.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevip.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "virnetlink.h"
 #include "virfile.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
 #include "virutil.h"
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevip.h b/src/util/virnetdevip.h
index dfc978d8155316b227fad482c63098933e6b1338..5608c37143491223948f58240069ad7bab81a79b 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevip.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevip.h
@@ -98,4 +98,7 @@ void virNetDevIPInfoClear(virNetDevIPInfoPtr ip);
 int virNetDevIPInfoAddToDev(const char *ifname,
                             virNetDevIPInfo const *ipInfo);
 
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(virNetDevIPAddr, virNetDevIPAddrFree)
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(virNetDevIPRoute, virNetDevIPRouteFree)
+
 #endif /* __VIR_NETDEVIP_H__ */