diff --git a/criu/include/sk-inet.h b/criu/include/sk-inet.h
index 718d0ba82..b0d824d77 100644
--- a/criu/include/sk-inet.h
+++ b/criu/include/sk-inet.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "sockets.h"
 #include "files.h"
 #include "common/list.h"
-#include "protobuf.h"
 #include "images/sk-inet.pb-c.h"
 
 #define INET_ADDR_LEN		48 /* max of INET_ADDRSTRLEN and INET6_ADDRSTRLEN */
diff --git a/criu/include/sockets.h b/criu/include/sockets.h
index 81e3790d3..35430627e 100644
--- a/criu/include/sockets.h
+++ b/criu/include/sockets.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
-#include "protobuf.h"
 #include "images/sk-opts.pb-c.h"
 
 struct fdinfo_list_entry;
diff --git a/criu/sk-inet.c b/criu/sk-inet.c
index 22ac3a857..924cf8c09 100644
--- a/criu/sk-inet.c
+++ b/criu/sk-inet.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "rst-malloc.h"
 #include "sockets.h"
 #include "sk-inet.h"
+#include "protobuf.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #define PB_ALEN_INET	1