diff --git a/Utilities/mutex.cpp b/Utilities/mutex.cpp
index 6f097f964e..f7e32eaf3a 100644
--- a/Utilities/mutex.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/mutex.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "mutex.h"
 
+#include "util/asm.hpp"
+
 void shared_mutex::imp_lock_shared(u32 val)
 {
 	ensure(val < c_err); // "shared_mutex underflow"
diff --git a/Utilities/sema.cpp b/Utilities/sema.cpp
index 355454141f..2d4f325b19 100644
--- a/Utilities/sema.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/sema.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "sema.h"
 
+#include "util/asm.hpp"
+
 void semaphore_base::imp_wait()
 {
 	for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellGcmSys.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellGcmSys.cpp
index 5bf2d3ddd6..54b49bd42b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellGcmSys.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellGcmSys.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "cellGcmSys.h"
 #include "sysPrxForUser.h"
 
-#include <thread>
+#include "util/asm.hpp"
 
 LOG_CHANNEL(cellGcmSys);
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/sys_lwmutex_.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/sys_lwmutex_.cpp
index ea6ced0c4a..08b2a44ed3 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/sys_lwmutex_.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/sys_lwmutex_.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_mutex.h"
 #include "sysPrxForUser.h"
 
+#include "util/asm.hpp"
+
 LOG_CHANNEL(sysPrxForUser);
 
 error_code sys_lwmutex_create(ppu_thread& ppu, vm::ptr<sys_lwmutex_t> lwmutex, vm::ptr<sys_lwmutex_attribute_t> attr)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_spu.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_spu.cpp
index 54b0f81cc2..da70bf7865 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_spu.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_spu.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include "sys_event.h"
 #include "sys_fs.h"
 
+#include "util/asm.hpp"
+
 LOG_CHANNEL(sys_spu);
 
 extern u64 get_timebased_time();
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
index 3477483ba7..7d5565f636 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include "Emu/RSX/rsx_methods.h"
 #include "Emu/Memory/vm_locking.h"
 
+#include "util/asm.hpp"
+
 namespace vk
 {
 	VkCompareOp get_compare_func(rsx::comparison_function op, bool reverse_direction = false);
diff --git a/rpcs3/util/asm.hpp b/rpcs3/util/asm.hpp
index 818d379e22..c3f47ec57e 100644
--- a/rpcs3/util/asm.hpp
+++ b/rpcs3/util/asm.hpp
@@ -284,4 +284,14 @@ namespace utils
 			return std::countl_zero<u64>(arg) + 64;
 #endif
 	}
+
+	// Synchronization helper (cache-friendly busy waiting)
+	inline void busy_wait(std::size_t cycles = 3000)
+	{
+		const u64 start = __rdtsc();
+		do _mm_pause();
+		while (__rdtsc() - start < cycles);
+	}
 } // namespace utils
+
+using utils::busy_wait;
diff --git a/rpcs3/util/types.hpp b/rpcs3/util/types.hpp
index 9ddd2f265b..3cc9729d7c 100644
--- a/rpcs3/util/types.hpp
+++ b/rpcs3/util/types.hpp
@@ -905,10 +905,3 @@ struct value_hash
 		return static_cast<std::size_t>(value) >> Shift;
 	}
 };
-
-// Synchronization helper (cache-friendly busy waiting)
-inline void busy_wait(std::size_t cycles = 3000)
-{
-	const u64 s = __rdtsc();
-	do _mm_pause(); while (__rdtsc() - s < cycles);
-}