diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/sparsemem.h b/include/asm-powerpc/sparsemem.h
index c3f17d4..38b1ea3 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/sparsemem.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/sparsemem.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_SPARSEMEM_H
 #define _ASM_POWERPC_SPARSEMEM_H 1
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
 /*
@@ -25,4 +26,5 @@
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
 
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_SPARSEMEM_H */