diff --git a/include/linux/genalloc.h b/include/linux/genalloc.h
index 9869ef3674ac..b1c70f10c42b 100644
--- a/include/linux/genalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/genalloc.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
  */
 
 
+#ifndef __GENALLOC_H__
+#define __GENALLOC_H__
 /*
  *  General purpose special memory pool descriptor.
  */
@@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ extern int gen_pool_add(struct gen_pool *, unsigned long, size_t, int);
 extern void gen_pool_destroy(struct gen_pool *);
 extern unsigned long gen_pool_alloc(struct gen_pool *, size_t);
 extern void gen_pool_free(struct gen_pool *, unsigned long, size_t);
+#endif /* __GENALLOC_H__ */