diff --git a/include/asm-m32r/bitops.h b/include/asm-m32r/bitops.h
index 313a02c4..6dc9b81 100644
--- a/include/asm-m32r/bitops.h
+++ b/include/asm-m32r/bitops.h
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
  *    Copyright (C) 2004  Hirokazu Takata <takata at linux-m32r.org>
  */
 
+#ifndef _LINUX_BITOPS_H
+#error only <linux/bitops.h> can be included directly
+#endif
+
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <asm/assembler.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>