diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
index 1acb4d45de7..3cfca8e2b5f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ struct arch_hw_breakpoint {
 };
 
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
-#include <asm-generic/hw_breakpoint.h>
+#include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
 
 /* Available HW breakpoint length encodings */
 #define HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_1		0x40
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/hw_breakpoint.h b/include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
similarity index 96%
rename from include/asm-generic/hw_breakpoint.h
rename to include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
index 9bf2d12eb74..61ccc8f17ea 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-#ifndef	_ASM_GENERIC_HW_BREAKPOINT_H
-#define	_ASM_GENERIC_HW_BREAKPOINT_H
+#ifndef _LINUX_HW_BREAKPOINT_H
+#define _LINUX_HW_BREAKPOINT_H
 
-#ifndef __ARCH_HW_BREAKPOINT_H
-#error "Please don't include this file directly"
-#endif
 
 #ifdef	__KERNEL__
 #include <linux/list.h>
@@ -136,4 +133,4 @@ extern void unregister_kernel_hw_breakpoint(struct hw_breakpoint *bp);
 extern unsigned int hbp_kernel_pos;
 
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
-#endif	/* _ASM_GENERIC_HW_BREAKPOINT_H */
+#endif	/* _LINUX_HW_BREAKPOINT_H */