diff --git a/include/linux/slab_def.h b/include/linux/slab_def.h
index d00e0bacda93..fbd1117fdfde 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab_def.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #include <asm/cache.h>		/* kmalloc_sizes.h needs L1_CACHE_BYTES */
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 
-#include <trace/events/kmem.h>
-
 /*
  * struct kmem_cache
  *
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 83311c9aaf9d..2acfa0d90943 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@
 #include	<asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include	<asm/page.h>
 
+#include <trace/events/kmem.h>
+
 /*
  * DEBUG	- 1 for kmem_cache_create() to honour; SLAB_RED_ZONE & SLAB_POISON.
  *		  0 for faster, smaller code (especially in the critical paths).