diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index cf343a8..7950a37 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/kobject_ns.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
@@ -136,42 +137,8 @@
 
 extern const struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops;
 
-/*
- * Namespace types which are used to tag kobjects and sysfs entries.
- * Network namespace will likely be the first.
- */
-enum kobj_ns_type {
-	KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE = 0,
-	KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NET,
-	KOBJ_NS_TYPES
-};
-
 struct sock;
 
-/*
- * Callbacks so sysfs can determine namespaces
- *   @current_ns: return calling task's namespace
- *   @netlink_ns: return namespace to which a sock belongs (right?)
- *   @initial_ns: return the initial namespace (i.e. init_net_ns)
- */
-struct kobj_ns_type_operations {
-	enum kobj_ns_type type;
-	const void *(*current_ns)(void);
-	const void *(*netlink_ns)(struct sock *sk);
-	const void *(*initial_ns)(void);
-};
-
-int kobj_ns_type_register(const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops);
-int kobj_ns_type_registered(enum kobj_ns_type type);
-const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_child_ns_ops(struct kobject *parent);
-const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_ns_ops(struct kobject *kobj);
-
-const void *kobj_ns_current(enum kobj_ns_type type);
-const void *kobj_ns_netlink(enum kobj_ns_type type, struct sock *sk);
-const void *kobj_ns_initial(enum kobj_ns_type type);
-void kobj_ns_exit(enum kobj_ns_type type, const void *ns);
-
-
 /**
  * struct kset - a set of kobjects of a specific type, belonging to a specific subsystem.
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject_ns.h b/include/linux/kobject_ns.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82cb5bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/kobject_ns.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* Kernel object name space definitions
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Patrick Mochel
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Open Source Development Labs
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Novell Inc.
+ *
+ * Split from kobject.h by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ *
+ * Please read Documentation/kobject.txt before using the kobject
+ * interface, ESPECIALLY the parts about reference counts and object
+ * destructors.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_KOBJECT_NS_H
+#define _LINUX_KOBJECT_NS_H
+
+struct sock;
+struct kobject;
+
+/*
+ * Namespace types which are used to tag kobjects and sysfs entries.
+ * Network namespace will likely be the first.
+ */
+enum kobj_ns_type {
+	KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE = 0,
+	KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NET,
+	KOBJ_NS_TYPES
+};
+
+/*
+ * Callbacks so sysfs can determine namespaces
+ *   @current_ns: return calling task's namespace
+ *   @netlink_ns: return namespace to which a sock belongs (right?)
+ *   @initial_ns: return the initial namespace (i.e. init_net_ns)
+ */
+struct kobj_ns_type_operations {
+	enum kobj_ns_type type;
+	const void *(*current_ns)(void);
+	const void *(*netlink_ns)(struct sock *sk);
+	const void *(*initial_ns)(void);
+};
+
+int kobj_ns_type_register(const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops);
+int kobj_ns_type_registered(enum kobj_ns_type type);
+const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_child_ns_ops(struct kobject *parent);
+const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_ns_ops(struct kobject *kobj);
+
+const void *kobj_ns_current(enum kobj_ns_type type);
+const void *kobj_ns_netlink(enum kobj_ns_type type, struct sock *sk);
+const void *kobj_ns_initial(enum kobj_ns_type type);
+void kobj_ns_exit(enum kobj_ns_type type, const void *ns);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_KOBJECT_NS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 3c92121..96eb576 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
+#include <linux/kobject_ns.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
 struct kobject;