diff --git a/include/linux/mqueue.h b/include/linux/mqueue.h
index 8db9d75541a6..8b5a79615fbf 100644
--- a/include/linux/mqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/mqueue.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_MQUEUE_H
 #define _LINUX_MQUEUE_H
 
-#include <linux/types.h>
-
 #define MQ_PRIO_MAX 	32768
 /* per-uid limit of kernel memory used by mqueue, in bytes */
 #define MQ_BYTES_MAX	819200