diff --git a/include/spdk/vhost.h b/include/spdk/vhost.h
index bc7cfc152..0bea83b01 100644
--- a/include/spdk/vhost.h
+++ b/include/spdk/vhost.h
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
 
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
 
-#include "spdk/event.h"
+#include "spdk/cpuset.h"
 #include "spdk/json.h"
+#include "spdk/thread.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_scsi.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_scsi.c
index b3a9eec05..e7634926e 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost_scsi.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_scsi.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "spdk/scsi.h"
 #include "spdk/scsi_spec.h"
 #include "spdk/conf.h"
-#include "spdk/event.h"
 #include "spdk/util.h"
 #include "spdk/likely.h"