diff --git a/libavutil/mem_internal.h b/libavutil/mem_internal.h
index 54e14ac7b6..6fdbcb016e 100644
--- a/libavutil/mem_internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/mem_internal.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #ifndef AVUTIL_MEM_INTERNAL_H
 #define AVUTIL_MEM_INTERNAL_H
 
+#include "avassert.h"
+#include "mem.h"
+
 static inline int ff_fast_malloc(void *ptr, unsigned int *size, size_t min_size, int zero_realloc)
 {
     void *val;