diff --git a/include/linux/if_fddi.h b/include/linux/if_fddi.h
index 1288a16..e0a1500 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_fddi.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_fddi.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 		} hdr;
 	} __attribute__ ((packed));
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
 /* Define FDDI statistics structure */
 struct fddi_statistics {
 
@@ -193,5 +194,6 @@
 	__u32	port_ler_flag[2];
 	__u32	port_hardware_present[2];
 	};
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_IF_FDDI_H */