diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 5cfbea4ce575..8d579935ffb9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4229,6 +4229,7 @@ F:	crypto/
 F:	drivers/crypto/
 F:	include/crypto/
 F:	include/linux/crypto*
+F:	lib/crypto/
 
 CRYPTOGRAPHIC RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR
 M:	Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 8c588ed36253..e801450bcb1c 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -1237,9 +1237,13 @@ config CRYPTO_ANUBIS
 	  <https://www.cosic.esat.kuleuven.be/nessie/reports/>
 	  <http://www.larc.usp.br/~pbarreto/AnubisPage.html>
 
+config CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
+	tristate
+
 config CRYPTO_ARC4
 	tristate "ARC4 cipher algorithm"
 	select CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER
+	select CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
 	help
 	  ARC4 cipher algorithm.
 
diff --git a/crypto/arc4.c b/crypto/arc4.c
index b78dcb390a7e..d303b7ff1fed 100644
--- a/crypto/arc4.c
+++ b/crypto/arc4.c
@@ -18,33 +18,12 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
-struct arc4_ctx {
-	u32 S[256];
-	u32 x, y;
-};
-
 static int arc4_set_key(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, const u8 *in_key,
 			unsigned int key_len)
 {
 	struct arc4_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
-	int i, j = 0, k = 0;
 
-	ctx->x = 1;
-	ctx->y = 0;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
-		ctx->S[i] = i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-		u32 a = ctx->S[i];
-		j = (j + in_key[k] + a) & 0xff;
-		ctx->S[i] = ctx->S[j];
-		ctx->S[j] = a;
-		if (++k >= key_len)
-			k = 0;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return arc4_setkey(ctx, in_key, key_len);
 }
 
 static int arc4_set_key_skcipher(struct crypto_skcipher *tfm, const u8 *in_key,
@@ -53,43 +32,6 @@ static int arc4_set_key_skcipher(struct crypto_skcipher *tfm, const u8 *in_key,
 	return arc4_set_key(&tfm->base, in_key, key_len);
 }
 
-static void arc4_crypt(struct arc4_ctx *ctx, u8 *out, const u8 *in,
-		       unsigned int len)
-{
-	u32 *const S = ctx->S;
-	u32 x, y, a, b;
-	u32 ty, ta, tb;
-
-	if (len == 0)
-		return;
-
-	x = ctx->x;
-	y = ctx->y;
-
-	a = S[x];
-	y = (y + a) & 0xff;
-	b = S[y];
-
-	do {
-		S[y] = a;
-		a = (a + b) & 0xff;
-		S[x] = b;
-		x = (x + 1) & 0xff;
-		ta = S[x];
-		ty = (y + ta) & 0xff;
-		tb = S[ty];
-		*out++ = *in++ ^ S[a];
-		if (--len == 0)
-			break;
-		y = ty;
-		a = ta;
-		b = tb;
-	} while (true);
-
-	ctx->x = x;
-	ctx->y = y;
-}
-
 static void arc4_crypt_one(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, u8 *out, const u8 *in)
 {
 	arc4_crypt(crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm), out, in, 1);
diff --git a/include/crypto/arc4.h b/include/crypto/arc4.h
index 5b2c24ab0139..f3c22fe01704 100644
--- a/include/crypto/arc4.h
+++ b/include/crypto/arc4.h
@@ -6,8 +6,18 @@
 #ifndef _CRYPTO_ARC4_H
 #define _CRYPTO_ARC4_H
 
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
 #define ARC4_MIN_KEY_SIZE	1
 #define ARC4_MAX_KEY_SIZE	256
 #define ARC4_BLOCK_SIZE		1
 
+struct arc4_ctx {
+	u32 S[256];
+	u32 x, y;
+};
+
+int arc4_setkey(struct arc4_ctx *ctx, const u8 *in_key, unsigned int key_len);
+void arc4_crypt(struct arc4_ctx *ctx, u8 *out, const u8 *in, unsigned int len);
+
 #endif /* _CRYPTO_ARC4_H */
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index fb7697031a79..d3daedf93c5a 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED) += debug_info.o
 CFLAGS_debug_info.o += $(call cc-option, -femit-struct-debug-detailed=any)
 
-obj-y += math/
+obj-y += math/ crypto/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP) += iomap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP) += pci_iomap.o
diff --git a/lib/crypto/Makefile b/lib/crypto/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88195c34932d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/crypto/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4) += libarc4.o
+libarc4-y := arc4.o
diff --git a/lib/crypto/arc4.c b/lib/crypto/arc4.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2020f19c652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/crypto/arc4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Cryptographic API
+ *
+ * ARC4 Cipher Algorithm
+ *
+ * Jon Oberheide <jon@oberheide.org>
+ */
+
+#include <crypto/arc4.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+int arc4_setkey(struct arc4_ctx *ctx, const u8 *in_key, unsigned int key_len)
+{
+	int i, j = 0, k = 0;
+
+	ctx->x = 1;
+	ctx->y = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
+		ctx->S[i] = i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+		u32 a = ctx->S[i];
+
+		j = (j + in_key[k] + a) & 0xff;
+		ctx->S[i] = ctx->S[j];
+		ctx->S[j] = a;
+		if (++k >= key_len)
+			k = 0;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(arc4_setkey);
+
+void arc4_crypt(struct arc4_ctx *ctx, u8 *out, const u8 *in, unsigned int len)
+{
+	u32 *const S = ctx->S;
+	u32 x, y, a, b;
+	u32 ty, ta, tb;
+
+	if (len == 0)
+		return;
+
+	x = ctx->x;
+	y = ctx->y;
+
+	a = S[x];
+	y = (y + a) & 0xff;
+	b = S[y];
+
+	do {
+		S[y] = a;
+		a = (a + b) & 0xff;
+		S[x] = b;
+		x = (x + 1) & 0xff;
+		ta = S[x];
+		ty = (y + ta) & 0xff;
+		tb = S[ty];
+		*out++ = *in++ ^ S[a];
+		if (--len == 0)
+			break;
+		y = ty;
+		a = ta;
+		b = tb;
+	} while (true);
+
+	ctx->x = x;
+	ctx->y = y;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(arc4_crypt);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");