diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/const.h b/include/linux/nfsd/const.h
index f478066f9cd5..f0cc77790527 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/const.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/const.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/nfs2.h>
 #include <linux/nfs3.h>
 #include <linux/nfs4.h>
-#include <linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h>
 
 /*
  * Maximum protocol version supported by knfsd
@@ -29,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+#include <linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h>
+
 #ifndef NFS_SUPER_MAGIC
 # define NFS_SUPER_MAGIC	0x6969
 #endif