diff --git a/lib/idxd/idxd.c b/lib/idxd/idxd.c
index 9698625c4..205176b34 100644
--- a/lib/idxd/idxd.c
+++ b/lib/idxd/idxd.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "spdk/log.h"
 #include "spdk_internal/idxd.h"
 
-#include "idxd.h"
+#include "idxd_internal.h"
 
 #define ALIGN_4K 0x1000
 #define USERSPACE_DRIVER_NAME "user"
diff --git a/lib/idxd/idxd.h b/lib/idxd/idxd_internal.h
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/idxd/idxd.h
rename to lib/idxd/idxd_internal.h
diff --git a/lib/idxd/idxd_kernel.c b/lib/idxd/idxd_kernel.c
index b6f6bb155..fb1f898df 100644
--- a/lib/idxd/idxd_kernel.c
+++ b/lib/idxd/idxd_kernel.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "spdk/log.h"
 #include "spdk_internal/idxd.h"
 
-#include "idxd.h"
+#include "idxd_internal.h"
 
 struct spdk_kernel_idxd_device {
 	struct spdk_idxd_device	idxd;
diff --git a/lib/idxd/idxd_user.c b/lib/idxd/idxd_user.c
index fe9f02d45..ee39c417b 100644
--- a/lib/idxd/idxd_user.c
+++ b/lib/idxd/idxd_user.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "spdk/log.h"
 #include "spdk_internal/idxd.h"
 
-#include "idxd.h"
+#include "idxd_internal.h"
 
 struct spdk_user_idxd_device {
 	struct spdk_idxd_device	idxd;
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/idxd/idxd_user.c/idxd_user_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/idxd/idxd_user.c/idxd_user_ut.c
index 078db663a..1d9e004b3 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/idxd/idxd_user.c/idxd_user_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/idxd/idxd_user.c/idxd_user_ut.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "spdk_internal/idxd.h"
 #include "common/lib/test_env.c"
 
-#include "idxd/idxd.h"
 #include "idxd/idxd_user.c"
 
 #define FAKE_REG_SIZE 0x1000