diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
index 30e6d05aa5a9..3cbb0c879705 100644
--- a/kernel/kcov.c
+++ b/kernel/kcov.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>