diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 28b5338fff71..7ae3cba2f624 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 /* For development, we want to crash whenever the ring is screwed. */
diff --git a/tools/virtio/linux/kmemleak.h b/tools/virtio/linux/kmemleak.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c07072270e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/virtio/linux/kmemleak.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+static inline void kmemleak_ignore(const void *ptr)
+{
+}