diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_priv.h b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_priv.h
index d98673981cc4..fc2e4fccf69d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_priv.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #ifndef _ION_PRIV_H
 #define _ION_PRIV_H
 
+#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/dma-direction.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/mm_types.h>