diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index c97e825a0fd9..6f074e112c1e 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/memory.h>
 #include <linux/cpuhotplug.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
-#include <linux/kexec.h>
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 
 #include <asm/page.h>