diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/abi.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/abi.h
index 940760844e2f..dba7f4b6bebf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/abi.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/abi.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_ABI_H
 #define _ASM_ABI_H
 
+#include <linux/signal_types.h>
+
 #include <asm/signal.h>
 #include <asm/siginfo.h>
 #include <asm/vdso.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index 5308304993be..d1c2b05a7a55 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SIGNAL_H
 #define _LINUX_SIGNAL_H
 
-#include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/bug.h>
-#include <uapi/linux/signal.h>
+#include <linux/signal_types.h>
 
 struct task_struct;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/signal_types.h b/include/linux/signal_types.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..28799c88f490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/signal_types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_SIGNAL_TYPES_H
+#define _LINUX_SIGNAL_TYPES_H
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/signal.h>
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_SIGNAL_TYPES_H */