diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5014bfa48ac1..a4b576eb9c00 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Module.symvers
 # Generated include files
 #
 include/asm
+include/asm-*/asm-offsets.h
 include/config
 include/linux/autoconf.h
 include/linux/compile.h
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/.gitignore b/include/asm-mips/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ec57ad5bc3c..000000000000
--- a/include/asm-mips/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-asm_offsets.h