diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 68865fd51aad..08b8b9d00f97 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ struct purgatory_info {
 	unsigned long purgatory_load_addr;
 };
 
+struct kimage;
+
 typedef int (kexec_probe_t)(const char *kernel_buf, unsigned long kernel_size);
 typedef void *(kexec_load_t)(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
 			     unsigned long kernel_len, char *initrd,