diff --git a/include/net/netns/netfilter.h b/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
index 88740024ccf3..cf25b5e35f3c 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef __NETNS_NETFILTER_H
 #define __NETNS_NETFILTER_H
 
-#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter.h>
 
+struct proc_dir_entry;
 struct nf_logger;
 
 struct netns_nf {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
index 52e20c9a46a5..789feeae6c44 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 #include <net/netns/generic.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_tables.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/x_tables.h>