diff --git a/include/linux/rtc.h b/include/linux/rtc.h
index 0b2ba67ff13c..b739ac1f7ca0 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtc.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtc.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_RTC_H_
 #define _LINUX_RTC_H_
 
-#include <linux/interrupt.h>
-
 /*
  * The struct used to pass data via the following ioctl. Similar to the
  * struct tm in <time.h>, but it needs to be here so that the kernel 
@@ -95,6 +93,8 @@ struct rtc_pll_info {
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+
 typedef struct rtc_task {
 	void (*func)(void *private_data);
 	void *private_data;