diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 04c693357336..af95dd8ba54b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "acl.h"
+#include "mballoc.h"
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/ext4.h>
diff --git a/include/trace/events/ext4.h b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
index 68b53c7ef8a7..6fe6ce9ee071 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/ext4.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 #define _TRACE_EXT4_H
 
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
-#include "../../../fs/ext4/ext4.h"
-#include "../../../fs/ext4/mballoc.h"
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
 
+struct ext4_allocation_context;
+struct ext4_allocation_request;
+struct ext4_prealloc_space;
+
 TRACE_EVENT(ext4_free_inode,
 	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode),