diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 40b778415f5fc4432aa4676320b88e8d3006e3fd..9961d4b5efbe60adbbd476788cac2b85b42142b1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "xfs_pnfs.h"
 #include "xfs_iomap.h"
 #include "xfs_reflink.h"
+#include "xfs_file.h"
 
 #include <linux/dax.h>
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7d39e3eca56dc90a24d62c8728dbfa5c2b05c5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+#ifndef __XFS_FILE_H__
+#define __XFS_FILE_H__
+
+extern const struct file_operations xfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations;
+
+#endif /* __XFS_FILE_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index d0e2cec6210dd304d8f5e64ef612d96a934f8be4..1397edea20f19f0cda86cf20a2e61d546ef91ab7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "xfs_ioctl.h"
 #include "xfs_xattr.h"
 #include "xfs_rtbitmap.h"
+#include "xfs_file.h"
 
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index 66f8c47642e8847a63b5137d293cad4b4b996533..55ed2d1023d6758fd58fece4bc62869580dd8b43 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_ioctl.h"
 #include "xfs_xattr.h"
+#include "xfs_file.h"
 
 #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.h
index 8a38c3e2ed0e81b3195d694faa6b85fcbec9b690..3c1a2605ffd2b8778ad25eb0b36819adea8673ca 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.h
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 
 struct xfs_inode;
 
-extern const struct file_operations xfs_file_operations;
-extern const struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations;
-
 extern ssize_t xfs_vn_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *data, size_t size);
 
 int xfs_vn_setattr_size(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,