diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/cpu-freq.c b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/cpu-freq.c
index 1ecc15bfe9d40b..25a8fc7f512e64 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/cpu-freq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/cpu-freq.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/sysdev.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_sysfs.c
index 15e13b568904a4..23982c7892d2a2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_sysfs.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <asm/ppc-pci.h>
 #include <asm/pci-bridge.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 
 /**
  * EEH_SHOW_ATTR -- create sysfs entry for eeh statistic
diff --git a/drivers/char/snsc.h b/drivers/char/snsc.h
index 4be62eda9fbc6d..e8c52c882b210a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/snsc.h
+++ b/drivers/char/snsc.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/semaphore.h>
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 4da384cc7603ae..31fe980e4e28e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/if_bonding.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/in6.h>
 #include "bond_3ad.h"
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp.h b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp.h
index bab52047baa841..7722108e78df4e 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #define _ACPIPHP_H
 
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/pci_hotplug.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpaphp_slot.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpaphp_slot.c
index 2ea9cf1a8d02ec..b283bbea6d24ad 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpaphp_slot.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpaphp_slot.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.h b/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.h
index 707b7f48c232d7..9e32780c317f39 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/kobj_map.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/sh/clk/core.c b/drivers/sh/clk/core.c
index 3f5e387ed56486..5f63c3b83828ea 100644
--- a/drivers/sh/clk/core.c
+++ b/drivers/sh/clk/core.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/sysdev.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debugfs.c b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debugfs.c
index 9e8639d4e862b6..b0176e4569e03a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debugfs.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 8d3d2b4a0a7d64..a79790c06275fb 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define __INCORE_DOT_H__
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/dlm.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 6ea32d9b1b9da8..70dfdd532b83d9 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include "nilfs.h"
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 30ac27345586ea..0a12eb89cd32b5 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index ffaaa816bfba4c..3d28af31d86300 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
+#include <linux/kobject_ns.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 
 struct sysfs_open_dirent;
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware-map.h b/include/linux/firmware-map.h
index c6dcc1dfe78111..43fe52fcef0f60 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware-map.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware-map.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #define _LINUX_FIRMWARE_MAP_H
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 
 /*
  * provide a dummy interface if CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP is disabled
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index baf3e556ff0ed3..f84d9928bdb16c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #include <linux/path.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/cache.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/radix-tree.h>
 #include <linux/prio_tree.h>
@@ -402,6 +401,7 @@ struct hd_geometry;
 struct iovec;
 struct nameidata;
 struct kiocb;
+struct kobject;
 struct pipe_inode_info;
 struct poll_table_struct;
 struct kstatfs;
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index c118a7f203aa88..abc527aa855020 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ struct sched_param {
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 #include <linux/task_io_accounting.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/latencytop.h>
 #include <linux/cred.h>
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
index 6950c981882dfa..78aa104250b7b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SUNRPC_CACHE_H_
 #define _LINUX_SUNRPC_CACHE_H_
 
+#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/match.h b/security/apparmor/include/match.h
index 734a6d35112c4c..19ba16e8aacdb1 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/match.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/match.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #ifndef __AA_MATCH_H
 #define __AA_MATCH_H
 
+#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 #define DFA_NOMATCH			0