diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 759b78b056a7..dab09dac8fc7 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <linux/in.h>
 #include <linux/in6.h>
 #include <linux/un.h>
-#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <linux/sunrpc/clnt.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/addr.h>