diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index d18e2d2654f2b8..784933acf5b831 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -445,7 +445,6 @@ void profile_tick(int type)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/ptrace.h>
 
 static int prof_cpu_mask_read_proc(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
 			int count, int *eof, void *data)