diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 3beaa24aff9b..c228b39fbd15 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1154,14 +1154,6 @@ struct btrfs_qgroup_info_item {
 	__le64 excl_cmpr;
 } __attribute__ ((__packed__));
 
-/* flags definition for qgroup limits */
-#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_MAX_RFER	(1ULL << 0)
-#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_MAX_EXCL	(1ULL << 1)
-#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_RSV_RFER	(1ULL << 2)
-#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_RSV_EXCL	(1ULL << 3)
-#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_RFER_CMPR	(1ULL << 4)
-#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_EXCL_CMPR	(1ULL << 5)
-
 struct btrfs_qgroup_limit_item {
 	/*
 	 * only updated when any of the other values change
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h b/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
index 11eee3439994..9651af3c46a1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
@@ -41,7 +41,19 @@ struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args {
 #define BTRFS_UUID_SIZE 16
 #define BTRFS_UUID_UNPARSED_SIZE	37
 
-#define BTRFS_QGROUP_INHERIT_SET_LIMITS	(1ULL << 0)
+/*
+ * flags definition for qgroup limits
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ * struct btrfs_qgroup_limit.flags
+ * struct btrfs_qgroup_limit_item.flags
+ */
+#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_MAX_RFER	(1ULL << 0)
+#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_MAX_EXCL	(1ULL << 1)
+#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_RSV_RFER	(1ULL << 2)
+#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_RSV_EXCL	(1ULL << 3)
+#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_RFER_CMPR	(1ULL << 4)
+#define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_EXCL_CMPR	(1ULL << 5)
 
 struct btrfs_qgroup_limit {
 	__u64	flags;
@@ -51,6 +63,14 @@ struct btrfs_qgroup_limit {
 	__u64	rsv_excl;
 };
 
+/*
+ * flags definition for qgroup inheritance
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ * struct btrfs_qgroup_inherit.flags
+ */
+#define BTRFS_QGROUP_INHERIT_SET_LIMITS	(1ULL << 0)
+
 struct btrfs_qgroup_inherit {
 	__u64	flags;
 	__u64	num_qgroups;