diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index bb63d9f75fdd..86313e1e9210 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -41,14 +41,11 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
-#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
-#include <linux/socket.h>
 #include <linux/irq_poll.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/if_ether.h>
 #include <net/ipv6.h>