diff --git a/include/linux/cgroupstats.h b/include/linux/cgroupstats.h
index 4f53abf6855d..3753c33160d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroupstats.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroupstats.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_CGROUPSTATS_H
 #define _LINUX_CGROUPSTATS_H
 
+#include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/taskstats.h>
 
 /*