diff --git a/include/linux/kmemleak.h b/include/linux/kmemleak.h
index 057e959710143..e705467ddb478 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmemleak.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmemleak.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #ifndef __KMEMLEAK_H
 #define __KMEMLEAK_H
 
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
 
 extern void kmemleak_init(void) __ref;