diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index ff112a8..8a0c2f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -511,33 +511,4 @@
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_HW_BRANCH_TRACER */
 
-/*
- * A syscall entry in the ftrace syscalls array.
- *
- * @name: name of the syscall
- * @nb_args: number of parameters it takes
- * @types: list of types as strings
- * @args: list of args as strings (args[i] matches types[i])
- */
-struct syscall_metadata {
-	const char	*name;
-	int		nb_args;
-	const char	**types;
-	const char	**args;
-};
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
-extern void arch_init_ftrace_syscalls(void);
-extern struct syscall_metadata *syscall_nr_to_meta(int nr);
-extern void start_ftrace_syscalls(void);
-extern void stop_ftrace_syscalls(void);
-extern void ftrace_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
-extern void ftrace_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs);
-#else
-static inline void start_ftrace_syscalls(void) { }
-static inline void stop_ftrace_syscalls(void) { }
-static inline void ftrace_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs) { }
-static inline void ftrace_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs) { }
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_FTRACE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 6470f74..dabe4ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 #include <asm/signal.h>
 #include <linux/quota.h>
 #include <linux/key.h>
-#include <linux/ftrace.h>
+#include <trace/syscall.h>
 
 #define __SC_DECL1(t1, a1)	t1 a1
 #define __SC_DECL2(t2, a2, ...) t2 a2, __SC_DECL1(__VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/include/trace/syscall.h b/include/trace/syscall.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cfe515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/trace/syscall.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#ifndef _TRACE_SYSCALL_H
+#define _TRACE_SYSCALL_H
+
+#include <asm/ptrace.h>
+
+/*
+ * A syscall entry in the ftrace syscalls array.
+ *
+ * @name: name of the syscall
+ * @nb_args: number of parameters it takes
+ * @types: list of types as strings
+ * @args: list of args as strings (args[i] matches types[i])
+ */
+struct syscall_metadata {
+	const char	*name;
+	int		nb_args;
+	const char	**types;
+	const char	**args;
+};
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
+extern void arch_init_ftrace_syscalls(void);
+extern struct syscall_metadata *syscall_nr_to_meta(int nr);
+extern void start_ftrace_syscalls(void);
+extern void stop_ftrace_syscalls(void);
+extern void ftrace_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
+extern void ftrace_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs);
+#else
+static inline void start_ftrace_syscalls(void)			{ }
+static inline void stop_ftrace_syscalls(void)			{ }
+static inline void ftrace_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)	{ }
+static inline void ftrace_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs)	{ }
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _TRACE_SYSCALL_H */