diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index a3d17fe0f9..65d5aaf08a 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-net.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
-#include <linux/kvm.h>
-#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
 
 static bool vhost_vdpa_listener_skipped_section(MemoryRegionSection *section)
 {