diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.h
index e4626bf82fc7..938df0cf8c64 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>