diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/serialio.h b/drivers/staging/speakup/serialio.h
index 1b399214ecf7..3ad7ff0bc3c3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/serialio.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/serialio.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef __sparc__
 #include <linux/serial.h>
 #endif
+#include <linux/serial_core.h>
 
 /*
  * this is cut&paste from 8250.h. Get rid of the structure, the definitions
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ struct old_serial_port {
 	unsigned int baud_base;
 	unsigned int port;
 	unsigned int irq;
-	unsigned int flags; /* unused */
+	upf_t flags; /* unused */
 };
 
 /* countdown values for serial timeouts in us */