diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.h b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.h
index cdfca9be4120..c2d28781309a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.h
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #ifndef __SKL_SST_DSP_H__
 #define __SKL_SST_DSP_H__
 
+#include <sound/memalloc.h>
+
 struct sst_dsp_device;
 
 /* Intel HD Audio General DSP Registers */
@@ -104,6 +106,13 @@ struct skl_dsp_fw_ops {
 	int (*set_state_D3)(struct sst_dsp *ctx);
 };
 
+struct skl_dsp_loader_ops {
+	int (*alloc_dma_buf)(struct device *dev,
+		struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, size_t size);
+	int (*free_dma_buf)(struct device *dev,
+		struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab);
+};
+
 void skl_dsp_set_state_locked(struct sst_dsp *ctx, int state);
 struct sst_dsp *skl_dsp_ctx_init(struct device *dev,
 		struct sst_dsp_device *sst_dev, int irq);