diff --git a/net/caif/caif_socket.c b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
index 4d918f8f4e67..abcba5358b63 100644
--- a/net/caif/caif_socket.c
+++ b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/tcp.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/caif/caif_socket.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>