diff --git a/include/linux/bottom_half.h b/include/linux/bottom_half.h
index eed86eb0a1de..11d107d88d03 100644
--- a/include/linux/bottom_half.h
+++ b/include/linux/bottom_half.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_BH_H
 #define _LINUX_BH_H
 
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/preempt.h>
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) || defined(CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS)
diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem.h b/include/linux/rwsem.h
index 352c6127cb90..f9348769e558 100644
--- a/include/linux/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/smp.h b/include/linux/smp.h
index 510519e8a1eb..a80ab58ae3f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/smp.h
+++ b/include/linux/smp.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ static inline void on_each_cpu_cond(smp_cond_func_t cond_func,
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
 #include <linux/preempt.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h
index 45310ea1b1d7..22d672f81705 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
 #include <linux/thread_info.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <linux/bottom_half.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>