diff --git a/apps/emqx_machine/src/emqx_machine.erl b/apps/emqx_machine/src/emqx_machine.erl
index 7b8f26031..0f8208b46 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_machine/src/emqx_machine.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_machine/src/emqx_machine.erl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         ]).
 
 -include_lib("emqx/include/logger.hrl").
--include("emqx_cluster_rpc.hrl").
+-include("emqx_machine.hrl").
 
 %% @doc EMQ X boot entrypoint.
 start() ->