diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu.h
index b144d7ca7d207..db7319e9b506e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu.h
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_ARC_MMU_H
 #define _ASM_ARC_MMU_H
 
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+#include <linux/threads.h>	/* NR_CPUS */
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARC_MMU_V1)
 #define CONFIG_ARC_MMU_VER 1
 #elif defined(CONFIG_ARC_MMU_V2)
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index ee22d40afef43..08fe33830d4b1 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_ARC_PGTABLE_H
 #define _ASM_ARC_PGTABLE_H
 
-#include <asm/page.h>
-#include <asm/mmu.h>
+#include <linux/const.h>
 #define __ARCH_USE_5LEVEL_HACK
 #include <asm-generic/pgtable-nopmd.h>
-#include <linux/const.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/mmu.h>	/* to propagate CONFIG_ARC_MMU_VER <n> */
 
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