diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/bitops.h b/include/asm-parisc/bitops.h
index 03ae287..f8eebcb 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/bitops.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/bitops.h
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef _PARISC_BITOPS_H
 #define _PARISC_BITOPS_H
 
+#ifndef _LINUX_BITOPS_H
+#error only <linux/bitops.h> can be included directly
+#endif
+
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <asm/types.h>		/* for BITS_PER_LONG/SHIFT_PER_LONG */
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>