diff --git a/include/linux/spi/Kbuild b/include/linux/spi/Kbuild
index d375a082986e..e69de29bb2d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/Kbuild
+++ b/include/linux/spi/Kbuild
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-header-y += spidev.h
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/spi/Kbuild b/include/uapi/linux/spi/Kbuild
index aafaa5aa54d4..0cc747eff165 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/spi/Kbuild
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/spi/Kbuild
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 # UAPI Header export list
+header-y += spidev.h
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spidev.h b/include/uapi/linux/spi/spidev.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/linux/spi/spidev.h
rename to include/uapi/linux/spi/spidev.h