diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sync.h b/drivers/staging/android/sync.h
index df44abb95963..b56885c14839 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/sync.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/sync.h
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/fence.h>
 
-#include "sync_file.h"
-#include "uapi/sync_file.h"
+#include <linux/sync_file.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/sync_file.h>
 
 struct sync_timeline;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sync_debug.c b/drivers/staging/android/sync_debug.c
index 8b55218f5535..5f57499c98bf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/sync_debug.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/sync_debug.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
-#include "sync_file.h"
+#include <linux/sync_file.h>
 #include "sw_sync.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sync_file.c b/drivers/staging/android/sync_file.c
index eabf90dd63b3..f08cf2d8309e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/sync_file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/sync_file.c
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
-#include "sync_file.h"
-#include "uapi/sync_file.h"
+#include <linux/sync_file.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/sync_file.h>
 
 static const struct file_operations sync_file_fops;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sync_file.h b/include/linux/sync_file.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/staging/android/sync_file.h
rename to include/linux/sync_file.h
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/uapi/sync_file.h b/include/uapi/linux/sync_file.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/staging/android/uapi/sync_file.h
rename to include/uapi/linux/sync_file.h