diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
index 7f3596394645e1bfb6b70565b87a50cc3da7f927..ee314402fb611b1a45992aa60db7d2e301e16ded 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/eventfd.h>
-#include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/mdev.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
index 86d9e428357b0610b37409d7e45c0146a190d4bd..e9985c63dc6bf232d3f7d4c5f4b75c728eabbd58 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mdev.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
index d782cf463eabae76ae976f4989746a639e541dd5..163eeaaf24cee342bdb7b2054f02d790099fe388 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #define _VFIO_AP_PRIVATE_H_
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/mdev.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
index b8b9e7911e55916ecc631bcae0dac7583d352a95..2c32923fbad27e6f9fc1d1f51a865af7c56ddf06 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/mdev.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
index 9c2af59809e2e4fc8d958fb3dbe47c8e3e74566b..7bd4bb9850e81a9f51b648fc6a5243154e7121bf 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  *             Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
  */
 
-#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/iommu.h>
 #include <linux/mdev.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
index 0ccfeb3dda2455fbe5555c283c41581999caccb9..4bfbf49aaa66a45790cfae96d461aae07ae440ec 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
-#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/mdev.h>
 
 #include "mdev_private.h"
diff --git a/include/linux/mdev.h b/include/linux/mdev.h
index 47ad3b104d9e73728b6b69145c8703b2a1c94afa..a5d8ae6132a20294a4995f86def82e47441252e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/mdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/mdev.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #ifndef MDEV_H
 #define MDEV_H
 
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/uuid.h>
+
 struct mdev_type;
 
 struct mdev_device {
diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
index 6901947e27d2d18b7ab81c61cc787ab0a5f1b6b5..985b6e71362199feeff0bb297535922628d910b7 100644
--- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
+++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
  */
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
index bb2af1ec0f7c6093b93046c7b87a673d6568567f..1daab012b5d89d398a8c199338af788762d6632f 100644
--- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
+++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
  */
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
index d151928e4f21d225b597f2f1f4fd2ac3f4015d1e..86843ce3d9a2766bd7fe114c886e192ce24c7163 100644
--- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
+++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
-#include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/vfio.h>
 #include <linux/iommu.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>