diff --git a/include/asm-x86/kvm.h b/include/asm-x86/kvm.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..37cf8e995c83547f74d7ff740fe51c4db7182a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-x86/kvm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifndef __LINUX_KVM_X86_H
+#define __LINUX_KVM_X86_H
+
+/*
+ * KVM x86 specific structures and definitions
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <asm/types.h>
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+
+struct kvm_memory_alias {
+	__u32 slot;  /* this has a different namespace than memory slots */
+	__u32 flags;
+	__u64 guest_phys_addr;
+	__u64 memory_size;
+	__u64 target_phys_addr;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm.h b/include/linux/kvm.h
index 71d33d62944f48011e9922547e1bf801ed6ab66d..d09dd5dd54930707747c6aefc91b9722be94d8f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/types.h>
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <asm/kvm.h>
 
 #define KVM_API_VERSION 12
 
@@ -35,13 +36,6 @@ struct kvm_userspace_memory_region {
 /* for kvm_memory_region::flags */
 #define KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES  1UL
 
-struct kvm_memory_alias {
-	__u32 slot;  /* this has a different namespace than memory slots */
-	__u32 flags;
-	__u64 guest_phys_addr;
-	__u64 memory_size;
-	__u64 target_phys_addr;
-};
 
 /* for KVM_IRQ_LINE */
 struct kvm_irq_level {