diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.h
index f488ceca3..1aac04aa4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ int gk20a_channel_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 int gk20a_channel_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 long gk20a_channel_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 	unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
+int gk20a_channel_open_ioctl(struct gk20a *g,
+		struct nvgpu_channel_open_args *args);
 
 extern const struct file_operations gk20a_event_id_ops;
 extern const struct file_operations gk20a_channel_ops;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c
index 87ae0a3d6..c8460bd9f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "ioctl_ctrl.h"
 #include "ioctl_tsg.h"
+#include "ioctl_channel.h"
 #include "gk20a/gk20a.h"
 #include "gk20a/platform_gk20a.h"
 #include "gk20a/fence_gk20a.h"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.h
index eb777f094..e4cce1019 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.h
@@ -348,14 +348,6 @@ void gk20a_channel_deterministic_unidle(struct gk20a *g);
 int nvgpu_channel_worker_init(struct gk20a *g);
 void nvgpu_channel_worker_deinit(struct gk20a *g);
 
-/* Channel file operations */
-int gk20a_channel_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
-int gk20a_channel_open_ioctl(struct gk20a *g,
-		struct nvgpu_channel_open_args *args);
-long gk20a_channel_ioctl(struct file *filp,
-			 unsigned int cmd,
-			 unsigned long arg);
-int gk20a_channel_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 struct channel_gk20a *gk20a_get_channel_from_file(int fd);
 void gk20a_channel_update(struct channel_gk20a *c);