diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
index 9af48cb..f097ae3 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
 	unsigned retry_hwerror:1;	/* Retry HARDWARE_ERROR */
 	unsigned last_sector_bug:1;	/* do not use multisector accesses on
 					   SD_LAST_BUGGY_SECTORS */
+	unsigned is_visible:1;	/* is the device visible in sysfs */
 
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(supported_events, SDEV_EVT_MAXBITS); /* supported events */
 	struct list_head event_list;	/* asserted events */