diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-tplg-interface.h b/include/uapi/sound/skl-tplg-interface.h
similarity index 90%
rename from sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-tplg-interface.h
rename to include/uapi/sound/skl-tplg-interface.h
index b0e3d376594c..f58cafa42f18 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-tplg-interface.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/skl-tplg-interface.h
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /*
  * skl-tplg-interface.h - Intel DSP FW private data interface
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Intel Corp
  * Author: Jeeja KP <jeeja.kp@intel.com>
  *	    Nilofer, Samreen <samreen.nilofer@intel.com>
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as version 2, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
  */
 
 #ifndef __HDA_TPLG_INTERFACE_H__
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c
index 302b40e63e6c..5d7ac2ee7a3c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <uapi/sound/skl-tplg-interface.h>
 #include "skl.h"
 #include "skl-sst-dsp.h"
 #include "skl-sst-ipc.h"
-#include "skl-tplg-interface.h"
 #include "skl-topology.h"
 #include "../common/sst-dsp.h"
 #include "../common/sst-dsp-priv.h"
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
index dd590a1c58e2..d5f9c30eba32 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <sound/core.h>
 #include <sound/pcm.h>
+#include <uapi/sound/skl-tplg-interface.h>
 #include "skl-sst-dsp.h"
 #include "cnl-sst-dsp.h"
 #include "skl-sst-ipc.h"
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "../common/sst-dsp.h"
 #include "../common/sst-dsp-priv.h"
 #include "skl-topology.h"
-#include "skl-tplg-interface.h"
 
 static int skl_alloc_dma_buf(struct device *dev,
 		struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, size_t size)
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
index 9e4c2cb88dea..2c5129782959 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 #include <sound/soc.h>
 #include <sound/soc-topology.h>
 #include <uapi/sound/snd_sst_tokens.h>
+#include <uapi/sound/skl-tplg-interface.h>
 #include "skl-sst-dsp.h"
 #include "skl-sst-ipc.h"
 #include "skl-topology.h"
 #include "skl.h"
-#include "skl-tplg-interface.h"
 #include "../common/sst-dsp.h"
 #include "../common/sst-dsp-priv.h"
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.h b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.h
index b1e0667c0ae0..6d7e0569695f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.h
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.h
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <sound/hdaudio_ext.h>
 #include <sound/soc.h>
+#include <uapi/sound/skl-tplg-interface.h>
 #include "skl.h"
-#include "skl-tplg-interface.h"
 
 #define BITS_PER_BYTE 8
 #define MAX_TS_GROUPS 8