diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 9083d6992603..0525c0b089ed 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_SPINLOCK_H
 #define __ASM_SPINLOCK_H
 
-#include <asm/qrwlock.h>
 #include <asm/qspinlock.h>
+#include <asm/qrwlock.h>
 
 /* See include/linux/spinlock.h */
 #define smp_mb__after_spinlock()	smp_mb()
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 8a88eb265516..6ce2117e49f6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #define _ASM_SPINLOCK_H
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
-#include <asm/qrwlock.h>
 
 #include <asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h>
 
@@ -27,5 +26,6 @@ static inline void queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
 }
 
 #include <asm/qspinlock.h>
+#include <asm/qrwlock.h>
 
 #endif /* _ASM_SPINLOCK_H */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
index 7fc82a233f49..3a9a0b0c7465 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
-#include <asm/qrwlock.h>
 #include <asm/qspinlock.h>
+#include <asm/qrwlock.h>
 
 #endif /* !(__ASSEMBLY__) */
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 584b0de6f2ca..41c449ece2d8 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #define _XTENSA_SPINLOCK_H
 
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
-#include <asm/qrwlock.h>
 #include <asm/qspinlock.h>
+#include <asm/qrwlock.h>
 
 #define smp_mb__after_spinlock()	smp_mb()
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h
index 0020d3b820a7..7ae0ece07b4e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
 #include <asm-generic/qrwlock_types.h>
-#include <asm-generic/qspinlock.h>
+
+/* Must be included from asm/spinlock.h after defining arch_spin_is_locked.  */
 
 /*
  * Writer states & reader shift and bias.
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qrwlock.c b/kernel/locking/qrwlock.c
index fe9ca92faa2a..4786dd271b45 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qrwlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qrwlock.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <asm/qrwlock.h>
 
 /**
  * queued_read_lock_slowpath - acquire read lock of a queue rwlock