diff --git a/include/linux/kfifo.h b/include/linux/kfifo.h
index 0b35a41440ff..6b28d642f332 100644
--- a/include/linux/kfifo.h
+++ b/include/linux/kfifo.h
@@ -36,10 +36,15 @@
  * to lock the reader.
  */
 
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/array_size.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
-#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include <asm/barrier.h>
+#include <asm/errno.h>
+
+struct scatterlist;
 
 struct __kfifo {
 	unsigned int	in;
diff --git a/lib/kfifo.c b/lib/kfifo.c
index 12f5a347aa13..15acdee4a8f3 100644
--- a/lib/kfifo.c
+++ b/lib/kfifo.c
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2009/2010 Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>
  */
 
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/export.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
-#include <linux/log2.h>
-#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/kfifo.h>
+#include <linux/log2.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 /*
  * internal helper to calculate the unused elements in a fifo
diff --git a/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c b/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c
index 0cf27483cb36..74fe915b7ffe 100644
--- a/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c
+++ b/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kfifo.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 
 /*
  * This module shows how to handle fifo dma operations.