diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 8b5c0620abf9..359df0487690 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ struct audit_buffer;
 struct audit_context;
 struct inode;
 struct netlink_skb_parms;
+struct path;
 struct linux_binprm;
 struct mq_attr;
 struct mqstat;
diff --git a/include/linux/dcookies.h b/include/linux/dcookies.h
index 24c806f12a6c..5ac3bdd5cee6 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcookies.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcookies.h
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROFILING
  
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
-#include <linux/path.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
  
 struct dcookie_user;
+struct path;
  
 /**
  * dcookie_register - register a user of dcookies
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 341acbbc434a..c118a7f203aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ struct sched_param {
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/sem.h>
 #include <linux/signal.h>
-#include <linux/path.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/pid.h>
diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/file.h b/security/apparmor/include/file.h
index be36feabb16a..ab8c6d87f758 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/file.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/file.h
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
 #ifndef __AA_FILE_H
 #define __AA_FILE_H
 
-#include <linux/path.h>
-
 #include "domain.h"
 #include "match.h"
 
 struct aa_profile;
+struct path;
 
 /*
  * We use MAY_EXEC, MAY_WRITE, MAY_READ, MAY_APPEND and the following flags
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/avc.h b/security/selinux/include/avc.h
index e94e82f73818..5615081b73ec 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/avc.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/avc.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/lsm_audit.h>
 #include <linux/in6.h>
-#include <linux/path.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include "flask.h"
 #include "av_permissions.h"