diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/Kbuild b/include/linux/mmc/Kbuild
index 1fb26448faa9..e69de29bb2d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/Kbuild
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/Kbuild
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-header-y += ioctl.h
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mmc/Kbuild b/include/uapi/linux/mmc/Kbuild
index aafaa5aa54d4..8c1d2cb75e33 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mmc/Kbuild
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mmc/Kbuild
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 # UAPI Header export list
+header-y += ioctl.h
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/ioctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/mmc/ioctl.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/linux/mmc/ioctl.h
rename to include/uapi/linux/mmc/ioctl.h