diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index d95076498488..878f62f218e9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <uapi/linux/sched/types.h>
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
-#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/trace_events.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 9d5986abfc67..ce90c68c184b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/seqlock.h>
 #include <linux/swait.h>
-#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 #include <linux/rcu_node_tree.h>
 
 #include "rcu_segcblist.h"