diff --git a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
index 54ec7e0a7d721d732f04ebf8f09728a58b808586..c3fbda7690d69b2597a0c200ed0374ff34e067ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
@@ -51,15 +51,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct kernel_cpustat, kernel_cpustat);
 
 extern unsigned long long nr_context_switches(void);
 
-#include <linux/irq.h>
 extern unsigned int kstat_irqs_cpu(unsigned int irq, int cpu);
-
-static inline void kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
-{
-	__this_cpu_inc(*desc->kstat_irqs);
-	__this_cpu_inc(kstat.irqs_sum);
-}
-
 extern void kstat_incr_irq_this_cpu(unsigned int irq);
 
 static inline void kstat_incr_softirqs_this_cpu(unsigned int irq)
diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index d61ac29e32d0445fd625194a62db1cd45e67a292..17b671713d5fe885408b05076620e133bea192f6 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * of this file for your non core code.
  */
 #include <linux/irqdesc.h>
+#include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
 # define IRQ_BITMAP_BITS	(NR_IRQS + 8196)
@@ -180,3 +181,9 @@ static inline bool irqd_has_set(struct irq_data *d, unsigned int mask)
 {
 	return d->state_use_accessors & mask;
 }
+
+static inline void kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+	__this_cpu_inc(*desc->kstat_irqs);
+	__this_cpu_inc(kstat.irqs_sum);
+}