diff --git a/include/linux/counter.h b/include/linux/counter.h
index cd35d8574ee2..426b7d58a438 100644
--- a/include/linux/counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/counter.h
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@
 #ifndef _COUNTER_H_
 #define _COUNTER_H_
 
+#include <linux/array_size.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kfifo.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock_types.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
+
 #include <uapi/linux/counter.h>
 
 struct counter_device;