diff --git a/arch/ppc/syslib/ocp.c b/arch/ppc/syslib/ocp.c
index 491fe9a57229..3f5be2c5ce99 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/syslib/ocp.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/syslib/ocp.c
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
 #include <linux/pm.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/ocp.h>
 #include <asm/errno.h>
-#include <asm/rwsem.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
 //#define DBG(x)	printk x
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/rwsem.h b/include/asm-powerpc/rwsem.h
index e929145e1e46..cefc14728cc5 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/rwsem.h
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_RWSEM_H
 #define _ASM_POWERPC_RWSEM_H
 
+#ifndef _LINUX_RWSEM_H
+#error "Please don't include <asm/rwsem.h> directly, use <linux/rwsem.h> instead."
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/ocp.h b/include/asm-ppc/ocp.h
index 16dbc7d17450..1379a4f76de3 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc/ocp.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/ocp.h
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
 
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 #include <asm/ocp_ids.h>
-#include <asm/rwsem.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_OCP