diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/Kbuild
index 7a075eaf6041..5a0625aad6a0 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ generic-y += local64.h
 generic-y += local.h
 generic-y += mman.h
 generic-y += msgbuf.h
+generic-y += mutex.h
 generic-y += param.h
 generic-y += percpu.h
 generic-y += pgalloc.h
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/mutex.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/mutex.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ff6101aa2c71..000000000000
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/mutex.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include <asm-generic/mutex-dec.h>