diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/delay.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/delay.h
index d5da2115d78a..03d6bb0f4e13 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/delay.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/delay.h
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_ARC_UDELAY_H
 #define __ASM_ARC_UDELAY_H
 
+#include <asm-generic/types.h>
 #include <asm/param.h>		/* HZ */
 
+extern unsigned long loops_per_jiffy;
+
 static inline void __delay(unsigned long loops)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__(