diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
index 30cafac93703..1b3f5eb5fcdb 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # UAPI Header export list
 include include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
 
+generic-y += kvm_para.h
+
 header-y += auxvec.h
 header-y += bitsperlong.h
 header-y += break.h
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1..000000000000
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
index 7bf68fff7c5d..59b67ed423b4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # UAPI Header export list
 include include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
 
+generic-y += kvm_para.h
+
 header-y += auxvec.h
 header-y += bitsperlong.h
 header-y += byteorder.h
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1..000000000000
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/kvm_para.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/kvm_para.h
index e69de29bb2d1..486f0af73c39 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/kvm_para.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/kvm_para.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/*
+ * There isn't anything here, but the file must not be empty or patch
+ * will delete it.
+ */