diff --git a/drivers/spi/internals.h b/drivers/spi/internals.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dbe56c77b464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/spi/internals.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Exceet Electronics GmbH
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Bootlin
+ *
+ * Author: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
+ *
+ * Helpers needed by the spi or spi-mem logic. Should not be used outside of
+ * spi-mem.c and spi.c.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_SPI_INTERNALS_H
+#define __LINUX_SPI_INTERNALS_H
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/dma-direction.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DMA
+int spi_map_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct device *dev,
+		struct sg_table *sgt, void *buf, size_t len,
+		enum dma_data_direction dir);
+void spi_unmap_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct device *dev,
+		   struct sg_table *sgt, enum dma_data_direction dir);
+#else /* !CONFIG_HAS_DMA */
+static inline int spi_map_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct device *dev,
+			      struct sg_table *sgt, void *buf, size_t len,
+			      enum dma_data_direction dir)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static inline void spi_unmap_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr,
+				 struct device *dev, struct sg_table *sgt,
+				 enum dma_data_direction dir)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAS_DMA */
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_SPI_INTERNALS_H */
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 7b213faa0a2b..86b778d8563e 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/spi.h>
 
+#include "internals.h"
+
 static DEFINE_IDR(spi_master_idr);
 
 static void spidev_release(struct device *dev)
@@ -740,9 +742,9 @@ static void spi_set_cs(struct spi_device *spi, bool enable)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DMA
-static int spi_map_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct device *dev,
-		       struct sg_table *sgt, void *buf, size_t len,
-		       enum dma_data_direction dir)
+int spi_map_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct device *dev,
+		struct sg_table *sgt, void *buf, size_t len,
+		enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
 	const bool vmalloced_buf = is_vmalloc_addr(buf);
 	unsigned int max_seg_size = dma_get_max_seg_size(dev);
@@ -821,8 +823,8 @@ static int spi_map_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct device *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void spi_unmap_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct device *dev,
-			  struct sg_table *sgt, enum dma_data_direction dir)
+void spi_unmap_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct device *dev,
+		   struct sg_table *sgt, enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
 	if (sgt->orig_nents) {
 		dma_unmap_sg(dev, sgt->sgl, sgt->orig_nents, dir);
@@ -907,19 +909,6 @@ static int __spi_unmap_msg(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_message *msg)
 	return 0;
 }
 #else /* !CONFIG_HAS_DMA */
-static inline int spi_map_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct device *dev,
-			      struct sg_table *sgt, void *buf, size_t len,
-			      enum dma_data_direction dir)
-{
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-
-static inline void spi_unmap_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr,
-				 struct device *dev, struct sg_table *sgt,
-				 enum dma_data_direction dir)
-{
-}
-
 static inline int __spi_map_msg(struct spi_controller *ctlr,
 				struct spi_message *msg)
 {