diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index 3650753b62f7..1079b0e7a264 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
-#include "internal.h"
+#include "comedi_internal.h"
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("http://www.comedi.org");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Comedi core module");
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/internal.h b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_internal.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/staging/comedi/internal.h
rename to drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_internal.h
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c
index bac3bc11d519..fe455e786ee4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 
 #include "comedidev.h"
-#include "internal.h"
+#include "comedi_internal.h"
 
 static int postconfig(struct comedi_device *dev);
 static int insn_rw_emulate_bits(struct comedi_device *dev,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/range.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/range.c
index 148ec6fd6fdd..41f95237789d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/range.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/range.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include "comedidev.h"
-#include "internal.h"
+#include "comedi_internal.h"
 
 const struct comedi_lrange range_bipolar10 = { 1, {BIP_RANGE(10)} };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(range_bipolar10);