diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/perf/perf.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/perf/perf.h
index 310bde8cb..c3708f61a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/perf/perf.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/perf/perf.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2017, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2018, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "vfe_equ.h"
 #include "vfe_var.h"
 #include "pstate/pstate.h"
-#include "gk20a/gk20a.h"
 #include "volt/volt.h"
 #include "lpwr/lpwr.h"
 #include "boardobj/boardobjgrp_e255.h"
@@ -64,6 +63,8 @@
 #define CTRL_PERF_VFE_EQU_COMPARE_FUNCTION_GREATER_EQ                0x01
 #define CTRL_PERF_VFE_EQU_COMPARE_FUNCTION_GREATER                   0x02
 
+struct gk20a;
+
 struct perf_pmupstate {
 	struct vfe_vars vfe_varobjs;
 	struct vfe_equs vfe_equobjs;