diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index f770039344c5..99e6115d8e52 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -398,22 +398,15 @@ extern cpumask_t cpu_present_map;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 int highest_possible_processor_id(void);
+#define any_online_cpu(mask) __any_online_cpu(&(mask))
+int __any_online_cpu(const cpumask_t *mask);
 #else
 #define highest_possible_processor_id()	0
+#define any_online_cpu(mask)		0
 #endif
 
-#define any_online_cpu(mask)			\
-({						\
-	int cpu;				\
-	for_each_cpu_mask(cpu, (mask))		\
-		if (cpu_online(cpu))		\
-			break;			\
-	cpu;					\
-})
-
 #define for_each_cpu(cpu)	  for_each_cpu_mask((cpu), cpu_possible_map)
 #define for_each_online_cpu(cpu)  for_each_cpu_mask((cpu), cpu_online_map)
 #define for_each_present_cpu(cpu) for_each_cpu_mask((cpu), cpu_present_map)
 
-
 #endif /* __LINUX_CPUMASK_H */
diff --git a/lib/cpumask.c b/lib/cpumask.c
index ea25a034276c..3a67dc5ada7d 100644
--- a/lib/cpumask.c
+++ b/lib/cpumask.c
@@ -31,3 +31,15 @@ int highest_possible_processor_id(void)
 	return highest;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(highest_possible_processor_id);
+
+int __any_online_cpu(const cpumask_t *mask)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_cpu_mask(cpu, *mask) {
+		if (cpu_online(cpu))
+			break;
+	}
+	return cpu;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__any_online_cpu);