diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index cec02dc63b518d57e2f3d2423e8a31348a6d43ed..f8ec3619771818128930b592d2ca973033d75616 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ struct perf_guest_info_callbacks {
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/perf_regs.h>
-#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/cgroup.h>
 #include <asm/local.h>