diff --git a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
index e37963c1df4..8b8cf941298 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_ATOMIC_H
 #define __ASM_GENERIC_ATOMIC_H
 
+#include <asm/cmpxchg.h>
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 /* Force people to define core atomics */
 # if !defined(atomic_add_return) || !defined(atomic_sub_return) || \
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h b/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h
index 213ac6e8fe3..e0449af91f6 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #error "Cannot use generic cmpxchg on SMP"
 #endif
 
+#include <asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h>
+
 /*
  * Atomic compare and exchange.
  *
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/system.h b/include/asm-generic/system.h
index 215efa74f5a..82cb53abb9f 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/system.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
 
-#include <asm/cmpxchg-local.h>
 #include <asm/cmpxchg.h>
 
 struct task_struct;