diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index dfd37930f..4be22835d 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <sys/zfs_context_os.h>
 
-#ifdef __FreeBSD__
-typedef off_t loff_t;
-#endif
-
 #endif  /* _KERNEL || _STANDALONE */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/lib/libspl/include/sys/types.h b/lib/libspl/include/sys/types.h
index f4bb85c79..9af20d781 100644
--- a/lib/libspl/include/sys/types.h
+++ b/lib/libspl/include/sys/types.h
@@ -50,4 +50,8 @@ typedef int		projid_t;
 
 #include <sys/param.h> /* for NBBY */
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+typedef off_t loff_t;
+#endif
+
 #endif