diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/nios2/include/asm/Kbuild
index 87e70f2b463ff68b109cb66cc8fc4917c0004373..727dbb333f60f43dcccbf90d168993f5a1d8ef93 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ generic-y += bitsperlong.h
 generic-y += bug.h
 generic-y += bugs.h
 generic-y += clkdev.h
+generic-y += cmpxchg.h
 generic-y += current.h
 generic-y += device.h
 generic-y += div64.h
diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a7978f14d157c20bc8c33697076fad55b8e57434..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2004 Microtronix Datacom Ltd.
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License. See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- */
-
-#ifndef _ASM_NIOS2_CMPXCHG_H
-#define _ASM_NIOS2_CMPXCHG_H
-
-#include <asm-generic/cmpxchg.h>
-
-#endif /* _ASM_NIOS2_CMPXCHG_H */