diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 28696ca7680d..e6674796aa6f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ struct thread_info {
 	.flags		= 0,			\
 }
 
+struct task_struct;
+
 void arch_release_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk);
 int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src);