diff --git a/include/linux/configfs.h b/include/linux/configfs.h
index d9d6a9d77489..9fc9843c0300 100644
--- a/include/linux/configfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/configfs.h
@@ -35,14 +35,11 @@
 #ifndef _CONFIGFS_H_
 #define _CONFIGFS_H_
 
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/kref.h>
-#include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/err.h>
-
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>   /* S_IRUGO */
+#include <linux/types.h>  /* ssize_t */
+#include <linux/list.h>   /* struct list_head */
+#include <linux/kref.h>   /* struct kref */
+#include <linux/mutex.h>  /* struct mutex */
 
 #define CONFIGFS_ITEM_NAME_LEN	20