diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_32.h
index ce465975a6a5..bb91b1248cd1 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_32.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+#include <asm/system.h>
+
 #define ATOMIC_INIT(i)  { (i) }
 
 extern int __atomic_add_return(int, atomic_t *);