diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
index cc63f30de166..ac61ebd92875 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ X!Edrivers/base/interface.c
 !Edrivers/base/bus.c
      </sect1>
      <sect1><title>Device Drivers DMA Management</title>
-!Edrivers/base/dma-buf.c
-!Edrivers/base/reservation.c
+!Edrivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
 !Iinclude/linux/reservation.h
 !Edrivers/base/dma-coherent.c
 !Edrivers/base/dma-mapping.c
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 6813d0aa5ecf..2eefee768d46 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2900,8 +2900,8 @@ S:	Maintained
 L:	linux-media@vger.kernel.org
 L:	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
 L:	linaro-mm-sig@lists.linaro.org
-F:	drivers/base/dma-buf*
-F:	include/linux/dma-buf*
+F:	drivers/dma-buf/
+F:	include/linux/dma-buf* include/linux/reservation.h
 F:	Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
 T:	git git://git.linaro.org/people/sumitsemwal/linux-dma-buf.git
 
diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
index f98b50d8251d..c00337be5351 100644
--- a/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/Makefile
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_INTEL)          += video/fbdev/intelfb/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARPORT)		+= parport/
 obj-y				+= base/ block/ misc/ mfd/ nfc/
+obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER) += dma-buf/
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUBUS)		+= nubus/
 obj-y				+= macintosh/
 obj-$(CONFIG_IDE)		+= ide/
diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index 04b314e0fa51..4aab26ec0292 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_CMA) += dma-contiguous.o
 obj-y			+= power/
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_DMA)	+= dma-mapping.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT) += dma-coherent.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER) += dma-buf.o reservation.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISA)	+= isa.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER)	+= firmware_class.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA)	+= node.o
diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/Makefile b/drivers/dma-buf/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a4f4c9bacd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-y := dma-buf.o reservation.o
diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/base/dma-buf.c
rename to drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
diff --git a/drivers/base/reservation.c b/drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/base/reservation.c
rename to drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c