diff --git a/ompi/communicator/comm_request.c b/ompi/communicator/comm_request.c
index 14c57c16b5..03c78e7d52 100644
--- a/ompi/communicator/comm_request.c
+++ b/ompi/communicator/comm_request.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset:4 ; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013      Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
  *                         reseved.
  * Copyright (c) 2015      Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "comm_request.h"
 
+#include "opal/class/opal_free_list.h"
 #include "opal/include/opal/sys/atomic.h"
 
 static opal_free_list_t ompi_comm_requests;
diff --git a/ompi/communicator/comm_request.h b/ompi/communicator/comm_request.h
index 246a3010b0..2c5a3e3fce 100644
--- a/ompi/communicator/comm_request.h
+++ b/ompi/communicator/comm_request.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset:4 ; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013      Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
  *                         reseved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #define OMPI_COMM_REQ_H
 
 #include "opal/class/opal_list.h"
-#include "opal/class/opal_free_list.h"
 #include "ompi/request/request.h"
 
 /* increase this number if more subrequests are needed */