diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/mmzone.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/mmzone.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 826392f2ee32..000000000000
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/mmzone.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/* Intentionally empty */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mmzone.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mmzone.h
index 2a0fe1d0eac6..b826b8473e95 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mmzone.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mmzone.h
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 #define _ASM_MMZONE_H_
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
-#include <mmzone.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
+# include <mmzone.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifndef pa_to_nid
 #define pa_to_nid(addr) 0