diff --git a/block/blk-integrity.c b/block/blk-integrity.c
index 79ffb4855af0..f548b64be092 100644
--- a/block/blk-integrity.c
+++ b/block/blk-integrity.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/mempool.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 5677eb78557d..1b60941dc4c6 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/blktrace_api.h>
 #include <linux/blk-mq.h>
 #include <linux/blk-cgroup.h>
diff --git a/block/bounce.c b/block/bounce.c
index 4bac72579c1f..072280b3dd13 100644
--- a/block/bounce.c
+++ b/block/bounce.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/mempool.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 0a536dc05f3b..d46ba566d62f 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index b905e9888b88..efd19c2da9c2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/genhd.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index 09e628dafd9d..4c20c228184c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_cmnd.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_ioctl.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index 5fc291c6157e..60316fbaf295 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/raw.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index 1616f668a4cb..4afb2d26b148 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
 #include <trace/events/bcache.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.h b/drivers/md/dm.h
index e6e66d087b26..7fff744f0865 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/device-mapper.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 4046a6c6f223..7da6e9c3cb53 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #define _MD_MD_H
 
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
index b16f3cda97ff..e2c0057737e6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index c7e4163ede87..e545cbfbe5b2 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/device_cgroup.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/blkpg.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index d74e08029643..e8b5866ffa07 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/fiemap.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 #include "ext4_extents.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 8d1e60214ef0..440987c8ba9e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <trace/events/ext4.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index f06d0589ddba..56b8bb75c3fc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/parser.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/exportfs.h>
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.h b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
index 6408989857e0..aba72f7a8ac4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
 /* constant macro */
 #define NULL_SEGNO			((unsigned int)(~0))
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index 442d50a0e33e..a08f1039909a 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include "fat.h"
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index c06774658345..509411dd3698 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/parser.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include "fat.h"
 
diff --git a/fs/hfs/super.c b/fs/hfs/super.c
index eee7206c38d1..55c03b9e9070 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/super.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/nls.h>
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index 593af2fdcc2d..7302d96ae8bf 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
diff --git a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
index a46bf6de9ce4..b34f2e228601 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_page.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
 #include <linux/sunrpc/metrics.h>
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index d8b670cbd909..8f1feca89fb0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
 #include <cluster/masklog.h>
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 0111ad0466ed..3e0af317fcc3 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/exportfs.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index b3bc3e7ae79d..098508a93c7b 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/parser.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 8121e75352ee..4e00b38efbe0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct xfs_file_vm_ops;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa18c4bd43c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#ifndef __LINUX_BACKING_DEV_DEFS_H
+#define __LINUX_BACKING_DEV_DEFS_H
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
+#include <linux/flex_proportions.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+
+struct page;
+struct device;
+struct dentry;
+
+/*
+ * Bits in bdi_writeback.state
+ */
+enum wb_state {
+	WB_async_congested,	/* The async (write) queue is getting full */
+	WB_sync_congested,	/* The sync queue is getting full */
+	WB_registered,		/* bdi_register() was done */
+	WB_writeback_running,	/* Writeback is in progress */
+};
+
+typedef int (congested_fn)(void *, int);
+
+enum wb_stat_item {
+	WB_RECLAIMABLE,
+	WB_WRITEBACK,
+	WB_DIRTIED,
+	WB_WRITTEN,
+	NR_WB_STAT_ITEMS
+};
+
+#define WB_STAT_BATCH (8*(1+ilog2(nr_cpu_ids)))
+
+struct bdi_writeback {
+	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;	/* our parent bdi */
+
+	unsigned long state;		/* Always use atomic bitops on this */
+	unsigned long last_old_flush;	/* last old data flush */
+
+	struct list_head b_dirty;	/* dirty inodes */
+	struct list_head b_io;		/* parked for writeback */
+	struct list_head b_more_io;	/* parked for more writeback */
+	struct list_head b_dirty_time;	/* time stamps are dirty */
+	spinlock_t list_lock;		/* protects the b_* lists */
+
+	struct percpu_counter stat[NR_WB_STAT_ITEMS];
+
+	unsigned long bw_time_stamp;	/* last time write bw is updated */
+	unsigned long dirtied_stamp;
+	unsigned long written_stamp;	/* pages written at bw_time_stamp */
+	unsigned long write_bandwidth;	/* the estimated write bandwidth */
+	unsigned long avg_write_bandwidth; /* further smoothed write bw */
+
+	/*
+	 * The base dirty throttle rate, re-calculated on every 200ms.
+	 * All the bdi tasks' dirty rate will be curbed under it.
+	 * @dirty_ratelimit tracks the estimated @balanced_dirty_ratelimit
+	 * in small steps and is much more smooth/stable than the latter.
+	 */
+	unsigned long dirty_ratelimit;
+	unsigned long balanced_dirty_ratelimit;
+
+	struct fprop_local_percpu completions;
+	int dirty_exceeded;
+
+	spinlock_t work_lock;		/* protects work_list & dwork scheduling */
+	struct list_head work_list;
+	struct delayed_work dwork;	/* work item used for writeback */
+};
+
+struct backing_dev_info {
+	struct list_head bdi_list;
+	unsigned long ra_pages;	/* max readahead in PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units */
+	unsigned int capabilities; /* Device capabilities */
+	congested_fn *congested_fn; /* Function pointer if device is md/dm */
+	void *congested_data;	/* Pointer to aux data for congested func */
+
+	char *name;
+
+	unsigned int min_ratio;
+	unsigned int max_ratio, max_prop_frac;
+
+	struct bdi_writeback wb;  /* default writeback info for this bdi */
+
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	struct timer_list laptop_mode_wb_timer;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+	struct dentry *debug_dir;
+	struct dentry *debug_stats;
+#endif
+};
+
+enum {
+	BLK_RW_ASYNC	= 0,
+	BLK_RW_SYNC	= 1,
+};
+
+void clear_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync);
+void set_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync);
+
+#endif	/* __LINUX_BACKING_DEV_DEFS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index d796f49ce87a..5e39f7a8efed 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -8,104 +8,11 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_BACKING_DEV_H
 #define _LINUX_BACKING_DEV_H
 
-#include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
-#include <linux/log2.h>
-#include <linux/flex_proportions.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
-#include <linux/sysctl.h>
-#include <linux/workqueue.h>
-
-struct page;
-struct device;
-struct dentry;
-
-/*
- * Bits in bdi_writeback.state
- */
-enum wb_state {
-	WB_async_congested,	/* The async (write) queue is getting full */
-	WB_sync_congested,	/* The sync queue is getting full */
-	WB_registered,		/* bdi_register() was done */
-	WB_writeback_running,	/* Writeback is in progress */
-};
-
-typedef int (congested_fn)(void *, int);
-
-enum wb_stat_item {
-	WB_RECLAIMABLE,
-	WB_WRITEBACK,
-	WB_DIRTIED,
-	WB_WRITTEN,
-	NR_WB_STAT_ITEMS
-};
-
-#define WB_STAT_BATCH (8*(1+ilog2(nr_cpu_ids)))
-
-struct bdi_writeback {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;	/* our parent bdi */
-
-	unsigned long state;		/* Always use atomic bitops on this */
-	unsigned long last_old_flush;	/* last old data flush */
-
-	struct list_head b_dirty;	/* dirty inodes */
-	struct list_head b_io;		/* parked for writeback */
-	struct list_head b_more_io;	/* parked for more writeback */
-	struct list_head b_dirty_time;	/* time stamps are dirty */
-	spinlock_t list_lock;		/* protects the b_* lists */
-
-	struct percpu_counter stat[NR_WB_STAT_ITEMS];
-
-	unsigned long bw_time_stamp;	/* last time write bw is updated */
-	unsigned long dirtied_stamp;
-	unsigned long written_stamp;	/* pages written at bw_time_stamp */
-	unsigned long write_bandwidth;	/* the estimated write bandwidth */
-	unsigned long avg_write_bandwidth; /* further smoothed write bw */
-
-	/*
-	 * The base dirty throttle rate, re-calculated on every 200ms.
-	 * All the bdi tasks' dirty rate will be curbed under it.
-	 * @dirty_ratelimit tracks the estimated @balanced_dirty_ratelimit
-	 * in small steps and is much more smooth/stable than the latter.
-	 */
-	unsigned long dirty_ratelimit;
-	unsigned long balanced_dirty_ratelimit;
-
-	struct fprop_local_percpu completions;
-	int dirty_exceeded;
-
-	spinlock_t work_lock;		/* protects work_list & dwork scheduling */
-	struct list_head work_list;
-	struct delayed_work dwork;	/* work item used for writeback */
-};
-
-struct backing_dev_info {
-	struct list_head bdi_list;
-	unsigned long ra_pages;	/* max readahead in PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units */
-	unsigned int capabilities; /* Device capabilities */
-	congested_fn *congested_fn; /* Function pointer if device is md/dm */
-	void *congested_data;	/* Pointer to aux data for congested func */
-
-	char *name;
-
-	unsigned int min_ratio;
-	unsigned int max_ratio, max_prop_frac;
-
-	struct bdi_writeback wb;  /* default writeback info for this bdi */
-
-	struct device *dev;
-
-	struct timer_list laptop_mode_wb_timer;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-	struct dentry *debug_dir;
-	struct dentry *debug_stats;
-#endif
-};
+#include <linux/backing-dev-defs.h>
 
 struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode);
 
@@ -265,13 +172,6 @@ static inline int bdi_rw_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 				  (1 << WB_async_congested));
 }
 
-enum {
-	BLK_RW_ASYNC	= 0,
-	BLK_RW_SYNC	= 1,
-};
-
-void clear_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync);
-void set_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync);
 long congestion_wait(int sync, long timeout);
 long wait_iff_congested(struct zone *zone, int sync, long timeout);
 int pdflush_proc_obsolete(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index ccaa9aecd593..60d2726a6b62 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
-#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev-defs.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/mempool.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index d551475517bf..64bb8a22110c 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/swapops.h>