diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.h b/include/sound/intel-nhlt.h
similarity index 100%
rename from sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.h
rename to include/sound/intel-nhlt.h
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c
index 1132109cb992..aabc5d71650e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <sound/intel-nhlt.h>
 #include "skl.h"
 #include "skl-i2s.h"
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-ssp-clk.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-ssp-clk.c
index 5bb6e40d4d3e..5bfcd46452f9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-ssp-clk.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-ssp-clk.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/clk-provider.h>
 #include <linux/clkdev.h>
+#include <sound/intel-nhlt.h>
 #include "skl.h"
 #include "skl-ssp-clk.h"
 #include "skl-topology.h"
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
index 6241e35213af..f8a501cf5fbd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
+#include <sound/intel-nhlt.h>
 #include <sound/soc.h>
 #include <sound/soc-topology.h>
 #include <uapi/sound/snd_sst_tokens.h>
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h
index 6070666a6392..928e8115a1a7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <sound/hdaudio_ext.h>
 #include <sound/hda_codec.h>
 #include <sound/soc.h>
-#include "skl-nhlt.h"
 #include "skl-ssp-clk.h"
 
 #define SKL_SUSPEND_DELAY 2000