diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.31/082-mtd_info_move_forward_decl.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.31/082-mtd_info_move_forward_decl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc69082ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.31/082-mtd_info_move_forward_decl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h	2009-10-29 11:24:29.000000000 +0100
++++ b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h	2009-10-29 11:26:35.000000000 +0100
+@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
+  * Note: writeable partitions require their size and offset be
+  * erasesize aligned (e.g. use MTDPART_OFS_NEXTBLK).
+  */
++struct mtd_info;
+ 
+ struct mtd_partition;
+ struct mtd_partition {
+@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@
+ #define MTDPART_SIZ_FULL	(0)
+ 
+ 
+-struct mtd_info;
+ 
+ int add_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *, const struct mtd_partition *, int);
+ int del_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *);