diff --git a/src/util/virusb.c b/src/util/virusb.c
index 78182320ed..90f947bb9d 100644
--- a/src/util/virusb.c
+++ b/src/util/virusb.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 #include "virusb.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virutil.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
 #include "virfile.h"
diff --git a/src/util/virusb.h b/src/util/virusb.h
index 078dee69cd..afaaf953db 100644
--- a/src/util/virusb.h
+++ b/src/util/virusb.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 # include "internal.h"
 # include "virobject.h"
+# include "viralloc.h"
 
 # define USB_DEVFS "/dev/bus/usb/"
 
@@ -99,4 +100,6 @@ void virUSBDeviceListDel(virUSBDeviceListPtr list,
 virUSBDevicePtr virUSBDeviceListFind(virUSBDeviceListPtr list,
                                      virUSBDevicePtr dev);
 
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(virUSBDevice, virUSBDeviceFree)
+
 #endif /* __VIR_USB_H__ */