diff --git a/sys/amd64/include/pmc_mdep.h b/sys/amd64/include/pmc_mdep.h
index ef89f903795b..19082ba0a251 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/include/pmc_mdep.h
+++ b/sys/amd64/include/pmc_mdep.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #ifndef _MACHINE_PMC_MDEP_H
 #define	_MACHINE_PMC_MDEP_H 1
 
-#include <sys/pmc.h>
+#include <machine/specialreg.h>
 
 /* AMD K7 PMCs */
 
diff --git a/sys/i386/include/pmc_mdep.h b/sys/i386/include/pmc_mdep.h
index 06adf4c6461f..84f75d7410fe 100644
--- a/sys/i386/include/pmc_mdep.h
+++ b/sys/i386/include/pmc_mdep.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 #ifndef _MACHINE_PMC_MDEP_H
 #define	_MACHINE_PMC_MDEP_H 1
 
-#include <sys/pmc.h>
+#include <machine/cpufunc.h>
+#include <machine/specialreg.h>
 
 /* AMD K7 PMCs */