diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index f25c13423bd4..9b7fe56692bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <asm/current.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock_types.h>
-#include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>