diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index 0d738c95fe4e..ace51af4369f 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 #include <linux/dma-direction.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 
-struct scatterlist;
-
 /**
  * typedef dma_cookie_t - an opaque DMA cookie
  *