diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 9496365da3d74fb1e57839acc02e4322d5c9fea6..c9626c20620890ba689faa2207d6ade3f4433874 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include "namespaces.h"
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 /* General helper functions */
 void usage(const char *err) __noreturn;
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ static inline void *zalloc(size_t size)
 #define zfree(ptr) ({ free(*ptr); *ptr = NULL; })
 
 struct dirent;
+struct nsinfo;
 struct strlist;
 
 int mkdir_p(char *path, mode_t mode);