diff --git a/include/linux/configfs.h b/include/linux/configfs.h
index 8c6967f3fb1..4b287ad9371 100644
--- a/include/linux/configfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/configfs.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>