diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/cache.h b/include/linux/nfsd/cache.h
index 3a3f58934f5ea..a165425dea412 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/cache.h
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 #ifndef NFSCACHE_H
 #define NFSCACHE_H
 
-#include <linux/in.h>
-#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/sunrpc/svc.h>
 
 /*
  * Representation of a reply cache entry.
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/export.h b/include/linux/nfsd/export.h
index a6d9ef2bb34a9..ef3d416fcf673 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/export.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 # include <linux/types.h>
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-# include <linux/in.h>
+# include <linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h>
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
index e4518d090a8cb..74f67c2aca347 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -11,13 +11,9 @@
 #define LINUX_NFSD_NFSD_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/unistd.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/posix_acl.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 
 #include <linux/nfsd/debug.h>
-#include <linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/export.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/stats.h>
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h
index 2973e11353438..49523edbc5103 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 
 # include <linux/types.h>
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-# include <linux/string.h>
-# include <linux/fs.h>
+# include <linux/sunrpc/svc.h>
 #endif
 #include <linux/nfsd/const.h>
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/state.h b/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
index 5aadf8aa3a97b..2af75686e0d3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@
 #ifndef _NFSD4_STATE_H
 #define _NFSD4_STATE_H
 
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/kref.h>
-#include <linux/sunrpc/clnt.h>
+#include <linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h>
 
 typedef struct {
 	u32             cl_boot;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/syscall.h b/include/linux/nfsd/syscall.h
index 7a3b565b898f7..812bc1e160dc3 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/syscall.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/syscall.h
@@ -9,14 +9,8 @@
 #ifndef NFSD_SYSCALL_H
 #define NFSD_SYSCALL_H
 
-# include <linux/types.h>
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-# include <linux/in.h>
-#endif 
-#include <linux/posix_types.h>
-#include <linux/nfsd/const.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/export.h>
-#include <linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h>
 
 /*
  * Version of the syscall interface
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h
index a0132ef58f212..58f824d854c25 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 #ifndef LINUX_NFSD_H
 #define LINUX_NFSD_H
 
-#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
-#include <linux/nfs.h>
+#include <linux/nfsd/nfsd.h>
 
 struct nfsd_fhandle {
 	struct svc_fh		fh;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr4.h b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr4.h
index 73164c2b3d295..1bf266239c7e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr4.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr4.h
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_NFSD_XDR4_H
 #define _LINUX_NFSD_XDR4_H
 
-#include <linux/nfs4.h>
+#include <linux/nfsd/state.h>
+#include <linux/nfsd/nfsd.h>
 
 #define NFSD4_MAX_TAGLEN	128
 #define XDR_LEN(n)                     (((n) + 3) & ~3)