diff --git a/include/exec/cpu-all.h b/include/exec/cpu-all.h
index b86209fc49..586dc56d9e 100644
--- a/include/exec/cpu-all.h
+++ b/include/exec/cpu-all.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "exec/tswap.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "hw/core/cpu.h"
-#include "qemu/rcu.h"
 
 /* some important defines:
  *
diff --git a/include/exec/ram_addr.h b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
index 07c8f86375..891c44cf2d 100644
--- a/include/exec/ram_addr.h
+++ b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "exec/ramlist.h"
 #include "exec/ramblock.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
+#include "qemu/rcu.h"
 
 extern uint64_t total_dirty_pages;