diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/Kbuild b/include/linux/byteorder/Kbuild
index 79bedddfd9ca..1133d5f9d818 100644
--- a/include/linux/byteorder/Kbuild
+++ b/include/linux/byteorder/Kbuild
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-header-y += big_endian.h
-header-y += little_endian.h
-
-unifdef-y += generic.h
+unifdef-y += big_endian.h
+unifdef-y += little_endian.h
 unifdef-y += swab.h
diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h b/include/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h
index bef87891cb24..961ed4b48d8e 100644
--- a/include/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h
+++ b/include/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ static inline __u16 __be16_to_cpup(const __be16 *p)
 #define __cpu_to_be16s(x) do {} while (0)
 #define __be16_to_cpus(x) do {} while (0)
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/byteorder/generic.h>
+#endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_BYTEORDER_BIG_ENDIAN_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h b/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
index d3771551fdd9..0846e6b931ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
+++ b/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
@@ -82,12 +82,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-
-#if defined(__KERNEL__)
-/*
- * inside the kernel, we can use nicknames;
- * outside of it, we must avoid POSIX namespace pollution...
- */
 #define cpu_to_le64 __cpu_to_le64
 #define le64_to_cpu __le64_to_cpu
 #define cpu_to_le32 __cpu_to_le32
@@ -176,6 +170,4 @@ static inline void be64_add_cpu(__be64 *var, u64 val)
 	*var = cpu_to_be64(be64_to_cpu(*var) + val);
 }
 
-#endif /* KERNEL */
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_BYTEORDER_GENERIC_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h b/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h
index 86e62b750176..05dc7c35b3b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h
+++ b/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ static inline __u16 __be16_to_cpup(const __be16 *p)
 #define __cpu_to_be16s(x) __swab16s((x))
 #define __be16_to_cpus(x) __swab16s((x))
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/byteorder/generic.h>
+#endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_BYTEORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN_H */