diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vtime.h b/include/asm-generic/vtime.h
index e69de29bb2d1..b1a49677fe25 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vtime.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vtime.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* no content, but patch(1) dislikes empty files */