diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 84a994c7a5c5..8eaf61f7b02d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -452,6 +452,24 @@ id_to_memslot(struct kvm_memslots *slots, int id)
 	return slot;
 }
 
+/*
+ * KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION ioctl allows the following operations:
+ * - create a new memory slot
+ * - delete an existing memory slot
+ * - modify an existing memory slot
+ *   -- move it in the guest physical memory space
+ *   -- just change its flags
+ *
+ * Since flags can be changed by some of these operations, the following
+ * differentiation is the best we can do for __kvm_set_memory_region():
+ */
+enum kvm_mr_change {
+	KVM_MR_CREATE,
+	KVM_MR_DELETE,
+	KVM_MR_MOVE,
+	KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY,
+};
+
 int kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 			  struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem);
 int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 5b3e41b81f0d..c7979ed41923 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -718,24 +718,6 @@ static struct kvm_memslots *install_new_memslots(struct kvm *kvm,
 	return old_memslots; 
 }
 
-/*
- * KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION ioctl allows the following operations:
- * - create a new memory slot
- * - delete an existing memory slot
- * - modify an existing memory slot
- *   -- move it in the guest physical memory space
- *   -- just change its flags
- *
- * Since flags can be changed by some of these operations, the following
- * differentiation is the best we can do for __kvm_set_memory_region():
- */
-enum kvm_mr_change {
-	KVM_MR_CREATE,
-	KVM_MR_DELETE,
-	KVM_MR_MOVE,
-	KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY,
-};
-
 /*
  * Allocate some memory and give it an address in the guest physical address
  * space.