diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/user_sdma.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/user_sdma.c
index feb206995653..2f484195479c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/user_sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/user_sdma.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 #include "hfi.h"
 #include "sdma.h"
 #include "user_sdma.h"
-#include "sdma.h"
 #include "verbs.h"  /* for the headers */
 #include "common.h" /* for struct hfi1_tid_info */
 #include "trace.h"