diff --git a/include/linux/spi/dw_spi.h b/include/linux/spi/dw_spi.h
index 6cd10f6ad4727c75e3c193c420a908b8963abc7a..fb0bce564844d572a71d0dad70823dbdcab544b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/dw_spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/dw_spi.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define DW_SPI_HEADER_H
 
 #include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 
 /* Bit fields in CTRLR0 */
 #define SPI_DFS_OFFSET			0