diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 821cb86a83bd..6f7522977f7f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "xfs_pnfs.h"
 #include "xfs_iomap.h"
 #include "xfs_reflink.h"
+#include "xfs_file.h"
 
 #include <linux/dax.h>
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d39e3eca56d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+#ifndef __XFS_FILE_H__
+#define __XFS_FILE_H__
+
+extern const struct file_operations xfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations;
+
+#endif /* __XFS_FILE_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index c7cb496dc345..1afb1b1b831e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "xfs_reflink.h"
 #include "xfs_ioctl.h"
 #include "xfs_xattr.h"
+#include "xfs_file.h"
 
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index 6fbdc0a19e54..9ca1b8bf1f05 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_ioctl.h"
 #include "xfs_xattr.h"
+#include "xfs_file.h"
 
 #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.h
index e570dcb5df8d..73ff92355eaa 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.h
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 
 struct xfs_inode;
 
-extern const struct file_operations xfs_file_operations;
-extern const struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations;
-
 extern ssize_t xfs_vn_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *data, size_t size);
 
 int xfs_vn_setattr_size(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,