diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sparsemem.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sparsemem.h
index 6a9ccc1b2be5d..64df897c0ee30 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sparsemem.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sparsemem.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_SPARSEMEM_H
 #define _ASM_X86_SPARSEMEM_H
 
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
 /*
  * generic non-linear memory support: