diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/auth.h b/fs/nfsd/auth.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/linux/nfsd/auth.h
rename to fs/nfsd/auth.h
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
index be515c5a815402eba9992bcf64294abf75fc6344..4b1ffe3be7e2c8cda0e97dae0300c08e7869987f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/svc.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/nfsd.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/xdr3.h>
+#include "auth.h"
 
 #define NFSDDBG_FACILITY		NFSDDBG_XDR
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index 468f17a784416e96e11081d90230a8e6df4eec90..8fbd2dc08a92159a853ef748db561522ec0a0480 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/svc.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/svcauth_gss.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/nfsd.h>
+#include "auth.h"
 
 #define NFSDDBG_FACILITY		NFSDDBG_FH
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
index 7003c313272f85cdc16f0ba2785725ccf5a1cc21..61ad61743d9403524242e564523b4f3945aa25e3 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/nfsd/nfsd.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/xdr.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include "auth.h"
 
 #define NFSDDBG_FACILITY		NFSDDBG_XDR
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/Kbuild b/include/linux/nfsd/Kbuild
index d9c5455808e590cd72057b18d22d239dc47e4b0a..e726fc3a4375f5948d395e6756e10bca0673d9b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/Kbuild
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/Kbuild
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ unifdef-y += stats.h
 unifdef-y += syscall.h
 unifdef-y += nfsfh.h
 unifdef-y += debug.h
-unifdef-y += auth.h
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
index a51a30f30cee600f3b0d9e520f1d9a2595278153..8caf4c4f64e68df30c686a396d60252e63915319 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <linux/nfsd/debug.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/export.h>
-#include <linux/nfsd/auth.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/stats.h>
 /*
  * nfsd version
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/syscall.h b/include/linux/nfsd/syscall.h
index 8bcddccb6c427e81a7a7b960d1f25afaa1bb9b6f..4e439765b705e3a01dd3be9559b57d38a70ea445 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/syscall.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/syscall.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/nfsd/const.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/export.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h>
-#include <linux/nfsd/auth.h>
 
 /*
  * Version of the syscall interface