1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
index dfba35476b8a..1ba7c190c2cc 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
 #ifndef __ACLINUX_H__
 #define __ACLINUX_H__
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+/* ACPICA external files should not include ACPICA headers directly. */
+
+#if !defined(BUILDING_ACPICA) && !defined(_LINUX_ACPI_H)
+#error "Please don't include <acpi/acpi.h> directly, include <linux/acpi.h> instead."
+#endif
+
+#endif
+
 /* Common (in-kernel/user-space) ACPICA configuration */
 
 #define ACPI_USE_SYSTEM_CLIBRARY