diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index b20a0945b550..7aea75053884 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ static const struct file_operations __fops = {				\
 	.llseek  = generic_file_llseek,					\
 }
 
+typedef struct vfsmount *(*debugfs_automount_t)(struct dentry *, void *);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
 
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
@@ -96,7 +98,6 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent);
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_symlink(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
 				      const char *dest);
 
-typedef struct vfsmount *(*debugfs_automount_t)(struct dentry *, void *);
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_automount(const char *name,
 					struct dentry *parent,
 					debugfs_automount_t f,
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_symlink(const char *name,
 
 static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_automount(const char *name,
 					struct dentry *parent,
-					struct vfsmount *(*f)(void *),
+					debugfs_automount_t f,
 					void *data)
 {
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);