diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
index 9e07fe507029..9ed2377fe8e5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ static inline void atomic_clear_mask(unsigned long mask, unsigned long *addr)
 
 #else /* ARM_ARCH_6 */
 
-#include <asm/system.h>
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 #error SMP not supported on pre-ARMv6 CPUs
 #endif