diff --git a/include/linux/bit_spinlock.h b/include/linux/bit_spinlock.h
index c0989b5b0407..59e345f74b0e 100644
--- a/include/linux/bit_spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/bit_spinlock.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/bug.h>
 
+#include <asm/processor.h>  /* for cpu_relax() */
+
 /*
  *  bit-based spin_lock()
  *