diff --git a/kernel/wr-nic.c b/kernel/wr-nic.c
index 912014dc1583be1172edf6cf03dbfc3c7f4099e7..b6f82da312216a1fe7fe330d167988f3acb92dcd 100644
--- a/kernel/wr-nic.c
+++ b/kernel/wr-nic.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #include "spec.h"