diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h b/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
index 33907a969752..8920f8210eab 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_add_event(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl,
 void v4l2_ctrl_del_event(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl,
 		struct v4l2_subscribed_event *sev);
 
+struct file;
 /* Can be used as a vidioc_log_status function that just dumps all controls
    associated with the filehandle. */
 int v4l2_ctrl_log_status(struct file *file, void *fh);