diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 52086876ce40..5fe658a6d846 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -6895,6 +6895,7 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-dfl
 F:	Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst
 F:	drivers/fpga/dfl*
+F:	include/linux/dfl.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/fpga-dfl.h
 
 FPGA MANAGER FRAMEWORK
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl.c b/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
index 5a6ba3b2fa05..511b20ff35a3 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *   Wu Hao <hao.wu@intel.com>
  *   Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>
  */
+#include <linux/dfl.h>
 #include <linux/fpga-dfl.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl.h b/drivers/fpga/dfl.h
index 549c7900dcfd..2b82c96ba56c 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/dfl.h
+++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl.h
@@ -517,76 +517,4 @@ long dfl_feature_ioctl_set_irq(struct platform_device *pdev,
 			       struct dfl_feature *feature,
 			       unsigned long arg);
 
-/**
- * enum dfl_id_type - define the DFL FIU types
- */
-enum dfl_id_type {
-	FME_ID = 0,
-	PORT_ID = 1,
-	DFL_ID_MAX,
-};
-
-/**
- * struct dfl_device - represent an dfl device on dfl bus
- *
- * @dev: generic device interface.
- * @id: id of the dfl device.
- * @type: type of DFL FIU of the device. See enum dfl_id_type.
- * @feature_id: feature identifier local to its DFL FIU type.
- * @mmio_res: mmio resource of this dfl device.
- * @irqs: list of Linux IRQ numbers of this dfl device.
- * @num_irqs: number of IRQs supported by this dfl device.
- * @cdev: pointer to DFL FPGA container device this dfl device belongs to.
- * @id_entry: matched id entry in dfl driver's id table.
- */
-struct dfl_device {
-	struct device dev;
-	int id;
-	u16 type;
-	u16 feature_id;
-	struct resource mmio_res;
-	int *irqs;
-	unsigned int num_irqs;
-	struct dfl_fpga_cdev *cdev;
-	const struct dfl_device_id *id_entry;
-};
-
-/**
- * struct dfl_driver - represent an dfl device driver
- *
- * @drv: driver model structure.
- * @id_table: pointer to table of device IDs the driver is interested in.
- *	      { } member terminated.
- * @probe: mandatory callback for device binding.
- * @remove: callback for device unbinding.
- */
-struct dfl_driver {
-	struct device_driver drv;
-	const struct dfl_device_id *id_table;
-
-	int (*probe)(struct dfl_device *dfl_dev);
-	void (*remove)(struct dfl_device *dfl_dev);
-};
-
-#define to_dfl_dev(d) container_of(d, struct dfl_device, dev)
-#define to_dfl_drv(d) container_of(d, struct dfl_driver, drv)
-
-/*
- * use a macro to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE.
- */
-#define dfl_driver_register(drv) \
-	__dfl_driver_register(drv, THIS_MODULE)
-int __dfl_driver_register(struct dfl_driver *dfl_drv, struct module *owner);
-void dfl_driver_unregister(struct dfl_driver *dfl_drv);
-
-/*
- * module_dfl_driver() - Helper macro for drivers that don't do
- * anything special in module init/exit.  This eliminates a lot of
- * boilerplate.  Each module may only use this macro once, and
- * calling it replaces module_init() and module_exit().
- */
-#define module_dfl_driver(__dfl_driver) \
-	module_driver(__dfl_driver, dfl_driver_register, \
-		      dfl_driver_unregister)
-
 #endif /* __FPGA_DFL_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/dfl.h b/include/linux/dfl.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6cc10982351a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/dfl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Header file for DFL driver and device API
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Intel Corporation, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_DFL_H
+#define __LINUX_DFL_H
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
+
+/**
+ * enum dfl_id_type - define the DFL FIU types
+ */
+enum dfl_id_type {
+	FME_ID = 0,
+	PORT_ID = 1,
+	DFL_ID_MAX,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct dfl_device - represent an dfl device on dfl bus
+ *
+ * @dev: generic device interface.
+ * @id: id of the dfl device.
+ * @type: type of DFL FIU of the device. See enum dfl_id_type.
+ * @feature_id: feature identifier local to its DFL FIU type.
+ * @mmio_res: mmio resource of this dfl device.
+ * @irqs: list of Linux IRQ numbers of this dfl device.
+ * @num_irqs: number of IRQs supported by this dfl device.
+ * @cdev: pointer to DFL FPGA container device this dfl device belongs to.
+ * @id_entry: matched id entry in dfl driver's id table.
+ */
+struct dfl_device {
+	struct device dev;
+	int id;
+	u16 type;
+	u16 feature_id;
+	struct resource mmio_res;
+	int *irqs;
+	unsigned int num_irqs;
+	struct dfl_fpga_cdev *cdev;
+	const struct dfl_device_id *id_entry;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct dfl_driver - represent an dfl device driver
+ *
+ * @drv: driver model structure.
+ * @id_table: pointer to table of device IDs the driver is interested in.
+ *	      { } member terminated.
+ * @probe: mandatory callback for device binding.
+ * @remove: callback for device unbinding.
+ */
+struct dfl_driver {
+	struct device_driver drv;
+	const struct dfl_device_id *id_table;
+
+	int (*probe)(struct dfl_device *dfl_dev);
+	void (*remove)(struct dfl_device *dfl_dev);
+};
+
+#define to_dfl_dev(d) container_of(d, struct dfl_device, dev)
+#define to_dfl_drv(d) container_of(d, struct dfl_driver, drv)
+
+/*
+ * use a macro to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE.
+ */
+#define dfl_driver_register(drv) \
+	__dfl_driver_register(drv, THIS_MODULE)
+int __dfl_driver_register(struct dfl_driver *dfl_drv, struct module *owner);
+void dfl_driver_unregister(struct dfl_driver *dfl_drv);
+
+/*
+ * module_dfl_driver() - Helper macro for drivers that don't do
+ * anything special in module init/exit.  This eliminates a lot of
+ * boilerplate.  Each module may only use this macro once, and
+ * calling it replaces module_init() and module_exit().
+ */
+#define module_dfl_driver(__dfl_driver) \
+	module_driver(__dfl_driver, dfl_driver_register, \
+		      dfl_driver_unregister)
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_DFL_H */
