diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/rwsem.h
index 19c9cc7ed94b..839a3fa20944 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/rwsem.h
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-
-struct rwsem_waiter;
 
 extern struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_down_read_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
 extern struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_down_write_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/rwsem.h
index 215d5454c7d3..9bcf0792b01c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/rwsem.h
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 #error "Please don't include <asm/rwsem.h> directly, use <linux/rwsem.h> instead."
 #endif
 
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-
 #include <asm/intrinsics.h>
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/rwsem.h
index 8447d89fbe72..c12abbe1d06f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/rwsem.h
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@
  * by Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>.
  */
 
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <asm/atomic.h>
-#include <asm/system.h>
-
 /*
  * the semaphore definition
  */
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/rwsem.h
index 423fdda2322d..9cc8592b33bb 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/rwsem.h
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-
-struct rwsem_waiter;
-
 extern struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_down_read_failed(struct rw_semaphore *);
 extern struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_down_write_failed(struct rw_semaphore *);
 extern struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_wake(struct rw_semaphore *);
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/rwsem.h
index 06e2251a5e48..df6f34623c54 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/rwsem.h
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <asm/atomic.h>
-#include <asm/system.h>
-
 /*
  * the semaphore definition
  */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/rwsem.h
index a2b4302869bc..902d36bf150d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/rwsem.h
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-
-struct rwsem_waiter;
-
 struct rw_semaphore {
 	signed long			count;
 #define RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE		0x00000000L
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
index d1e41b0f9b60..a626cff86041 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
@@ -37,14 +37,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/lockdep.h>
 #include <asm/asm.h>
 
-struct rwsem_waiter;
-
 extern asmregparm struct rw_semaphore *
  rwsem_down_read_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
 extern asmregparm struct rw_semaphore *
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/rwsem.h
index 9d32f6874393..1be2102c648e 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/rwsem.h
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_RWSEM_H
 #error "Please don't include <asm/rwsem.h> directly, use <linux/rwsem.h> instead."
 #endif
-
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <asm/atomic.h>
-#include <asm/system.h>
-
 /*
  * the semaphore definition
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h b/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h
index bdfcc2527970..8c0dc7fc07a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h
@@ -12,15 +12,7 @@
 #error "please don't include linux/rwsem-spinlock.h directly, use linux/rwsem.h instead"
 #endif
 
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/list.h>
-
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-
-#include <linux/types.h>
-
-struct rwsem_waiter;
-
 /*
  * the rw-semaphore definition
  * - if activity is 0 then there are no active readers or writers
diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem.h b/include/linux/rwsem.h
index efd348fe8ca7..496296d12d62 100644
--- a/include/linux/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>