diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index 3c5981c87c3f..0c712a779b44 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <linux/seqlock.h>
 #include <trace/events/kvm.h>
 
-#include "irq.h"
 #include "iodev.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQFD