diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 84bc33ff003f..15bb90536460 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -741,28 +741,6 @@ static inline int is_fstree(u64 rootid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* verity.c */
-#ifdef CONFIG_FS_VERITY
-
-extern const struct fsverity_operations btrfs_verityops;
-int btrfs_drop_verity_items(struct btrfs_inode *inode);
-int btrfs_get_verity_descriptor(struct inode *inode, void *buf, size_t buf_size);
-
-#else
-
-static inline int btrfs_drop_verity_items(struct btrfs_inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int btrfs_get_verity_descriptor(struct inode *inode, void *buf,
-					      size_t buf_size)
-{
-	return -EPERM;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 /* Sanity test specific functions */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_FS_RUN_SANITY_TESTS
 void btrfs_test_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index d8856e621e01..0fda1c5ba28e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #include "file.h"
 #include "acl.h"
 #include "relocation.h"
+#include "verity.h"
 
 struct btrfs_iget_args {
 	u64 ino;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index e9b7deccc5fe..3befc0d2d866 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "dir-item.h"
 #include "file-item.h"
 #include "ioctl.h"
+#include "verity.h"
 
 /*
  * Maximum number of references an extent can have in order for us to attempt to
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 4bfda9be4556..ae49bdf71d32 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include "dir-item.h"
 #include "ioctl.h"
 #include "scrub.h"
+#include "verity.h"
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/btrfs.h>
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/verity.c b/fs/btrfs/verity.c
index 00ba5143a17d..b31d6c7627ff 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/verity.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/verity.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "fs.h"
 #include "accessors.h"
 #include "ioctl.h"
+#include "verity.h"
 
 /*
  * Implementation of the interface defined in struct fsverity_operations.
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/verity.h b/fs/btrfs/verity.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91c10f7d0a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/btrfs/verity.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#ifndef BTRFS_VERITY_H
+#define BTRFS_VERITY_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FS_VERITY
+
+extern const struct fsverity_operations btrfs_verityops;
+
+int btrfs_drop_verity_items(struct btrfs_inode *inode);
+int btrfs_get_verity_descriptor(struct inode *inode, void *buf, size_t buf_size);
+
+#else
+
+static inline int btrfs_drop_verity_items(struct btrfs_inode *inode)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int btrfs_get_verity_descriptor(struct inode *inode, void *buf,
+					      size_t buf_size)
+{
+	return -EPERM;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif