diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 0fcb5e751ca70b56f9b105c2c035cc4be251e33c..6b7625ff9875370b0df857562379a1f2d20b3f13 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -6738,6 +6738,7 @@ F:	Documentation/networking/i40e.txt
 F:	Documentation/networking/i40evf.txt
 F:	drivers/net/ethernet/intel/
 F:	drivers/net/ethernet/intel/*/
+F:	include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
 
 INTEL RDMA RNIC DRIVER
 M:     Faisal Latif <faisal.latif@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
index 6729624fda5b0d1207f9646f4deea5c2683745e4..1db028ac96f42416d36cc7489e799a673e64261e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "i40e_type.h"
 #include "i40e_adminq.h"
 #include "i40e_prototype.h"
-#include "i40e_virtchnl.h"
+#include <linux/avf/virtchnl.h>
 
 /**
  * i40e_set_mac_type - Sets MAC type
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_prototype.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_prototype.h
index 741223d5d809dd902f77468d9ae734c47e3b4223..227905b23690f813b5ca559b7a5ce00a78eab773 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_prototype.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_prototype.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "i40e_type.h"
 #include "i40e_alloc.h"
-#include "i40e_virtchnl.h"
+#include <linux/avf/virtchnl.h>
 
 /* Prototypes for shared code functions that are not in
  * the standard function pointer structures.  These are
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
index b8ada6d8d890565bbbda69e4d50a52b980ede01a..75d314b1a9bb2298435f1a0ae944eedd3c16f4c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include <net/udp.h>
 
 #include "i40e_type.h"
-#include "i40e_virtchnl.h"
+#include <linux/avf/virtchnl.h>
 #include "i40e_txrx.h"
 
 #define DEFAULT_DEBUG_LEVEL_SHIFT 3
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_virtchnl.h b/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_virtchnl.h
rename to include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h