diff --git a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
index 8aa9744..2b66391 100644
--- a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
-#include <linux/err.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/oprofile.h>
@@ -46,6 +44,7 @@
 		return NULL;
 	}
 }
+#endif
 
 static int report_trace(struct stackframe *frame, void *d)
 {
@@ -111,6 +110,7 @@
 
 int __init oprofile_arch_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 {
+	/* provide backtrace support also in timer mode: */
 	ops->backtrace		= arm_backtrace;
 
 	return oprofile_perf_init(ops);
@@ -120,11 +120,3 @@
 {
 	oprofile_perf_exit();
 }
-#else
-int __init oprofile_arch_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
-{
-	pr_info("oprofile: hardware counters not available\n");
-	return -ENODEV;
-}
-void __exit oprofile_arch_exit(void) {}
-#endif /* CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS */
diff --git a/include/linux/oprofile.h b/include/linux/oprofile.h
index 54c8382..1ca6411 100644
--- a/include/linux/oprofile.h
+++ b/include/linux/oprofile.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
  
 /* Each escaped entry is prefixed by ESCAPE_CODE
@@ -190,6 +192,13 @@
 int __init oprofile_perf_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops);
 void oprofile_perf_exit(void);
 char *op_name_from_perf_id(void);
+#else
+static inline int __init oprofile_perf_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
+{
+	pr_info("oprofile: hardware counters not available\n");
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+static inline void oprofile_perf_exit(void) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS */
 
 #endif /* OPROFILE_H */