diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
index 7f9b9dba38a64896705ecb85b9d897e71125096d..5f5b8bf3f50d39a5c4b8cae94231cdd87543bbfa 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <asm/psr.h>
+#include <asm/processor.h> /* for cpu_relax */
 
 #define arch_spin_is_locked(lock) (*((volatile unsigned char *)(lock)) != 0)