diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
index 631bd2c86c5e..47e24b5384b3 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include "cpufreq_governor.h"
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
index f5717ca070cc..0236ec2cd654 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/irq_work.h>
 #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
+#include <linux/sched/cpufreq.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index 4a017e895296..3937acf7e026 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/percpu-defs.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/tick.h>
+#include <linux/sched/cpufreq.h>
 
 #include "cpufreq_ondemand.h"
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index eb0f7fb71685..8f6d29302aac 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 #include <linux/tick.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/sched/cpufreq.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07ed9664fa20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_SCHED_CPUFREQ_H
+#define _LINUX_SCHED_CPUFREQ_H
+
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_SCHED_CPUFREQ_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 641249471952..7dfeb14fa43c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/wake_q.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
+#include <linux/sched/cpufreq.h>
 #include <linux/u64_stats_sync.h>
 #include <linux/sched/deadline.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>