diff --git a/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c b/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
index 54aabd1878..fab7ca17ee 100644
--- a/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
+++ b/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <endian.h>
-#include "qemu/compiler.h"
 
 #if defined(__linux__)
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
@@ -60,6 +59,10 @@
 /* Round number up to multiple */
 #define ALIGN_UP(n, m) ALIGN_DOWN((n) + (m) - 1, (m))
 
+#ifndef unlikely
+#define unlikely(x)   __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
+#endif
+
 /* Align each region to cache line size in inflight buffer */
 #define INFLIGHT_ALIGNMENT 64