diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
index de2249b267c6..bf2d532593e3 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #ifndef __SPARC_SPINLOCK_H
 #define __SPARC_SPINLOCK_H
 
-#include <linux/threads.h>	/* For NR_CPUS */
-
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <asm/psr.h>
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
index 0006fe9f8c7a..120cfe4577c7 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #ifndef __SPARC64_SPINLOCK_H
 #define __SPARC64_SPINLOCK_H
 
-#include <linux/threads.h>	/* For NR_CPUS */
-
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 /* To get debugging spinlocks which detect and catch