diff --git a/src/util/virscsivhost.c b/src/util/virscsivhost.c
index 84c09e8458..ef216b377c 100644
--- a/src/util/virscsivhost.c
+++ b/src/util/virscsivhost.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 #include "virscsivhost.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
 #include "virfile.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
diff --git a/src/util/virscsivhost.h b/src/util/virscsivhost.h
index 21887ddbd5..31ad429982 100644
--- a/src/util/virscsivhost.h
+++ b/src/util/virscsivhost.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 # include "internal.h"
 # include "virobject.h"
 # include "virutil.h"
+# include "viralloc.h"
 
 typedef struct _virSCSIVHostDevice virSCSIVHostDevice;
 typedef virSCSIVHostDevice *virSCSIVHostDevicePtr;
@@ -63,4 +64,6 @@ void virSCSIVHostDeviceGetUsedBy(virSCSIVHostDevicePtr dev,
 void virSCSIVHostDeviceFree(virSCSIVHostDevicePtr dev);
 int virSCSIVHostOpenVhostSCSI(int *vhostfd) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(virSCSIVHostDevice, virSCSIVHostDeviceFree)
+
 #endif /* __VIR_SCSIHOST_H__ */