diff --git a/tools/gcc/structleak_plugin.c b/tools/gcc/structleak_plugin.c
index e9dbd4b..030ccde 100644
--- a/tools/gcc/structleak_plugin.c
+++ b/tools/gcc/structleak_plugin.c
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ static tree get_field_type(tree field)
 static bool is_userspace_type(tree type)
 {
 	tree field;
+	expanded_location xloc;
+
+	xloc = expand_location(DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION(TYPE_FIELDS(type)));
+	if (strstr(xloc.file, "/uapi/"))
+		return true;
 
 	for (field = TYPE_FIELDS(type); field; field = TREE_CHAIN(field)) {
 		tree fieldtype = get_field_type(field);