diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index accb7ece1d3c..3d7af024c73f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "util.h"
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include "linux/string.h"
 
 #define K 1024LL
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index dcc659017976..ee5d1dfe13da 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
 #include <sys/ttydefaults.h>
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
 #include <termios.h>
-#include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 
 extern const char *graph_line;