diff --git a/tools/include/linux/seq_file.h b/tools/include/linux/seq_file.h
index 102fd9217f1f..f6bc226af0c1 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _TOOLS_INCLUDE_LINUX_SEQ_FILE_H
 #define _TOOLS_INCLUDE_LINUX_SEQ_FILE_H
 
+struct seq_file;
+
 #endif /* _TOOLS_INCLUDE_LINUX_SEQ_FILE_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/memblock/tests/basic_api.c b/tools/testing/memblock/tests/basic_api.c
index a13a57ba0815..7ce628e31a43 100644
--- a/tools/testing/memblock/tests/basic_api.c
+++ b/tools/testing/memblock/tests/basic_api.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+#include "basic_api.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
-#include "basic_api.h"
 
 #define EXPECTED_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS			128
 #define FUNC_ADD					"memblock_add"
diff --git a/tools/testing/memblock/tests/common.h b/tools/testing/memblock/tests/common.h
index d6bbbe63bfc3..4c33ce04c064 100644
--- a/tools/testing/memblock/tests/common.h
+++ b/tools/testing/memblock/tests/common.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/sizes.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>