diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index 36145efc61b5..b2203e21acb3 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -558,13 +558,6 @@ handle_io_bitmap(struct thread_struct *next, struct tss_struct *tss)
 	 */
 	tss->io_bitmap_base = INVALID_IO_BITMAP_OFFSET_LAZY;
 }
-/*
- * This special macro can be used to load a debugging register
- */
-#define loaddebug(thread,register) \
-		__asm__("movl %0,%%db" #register  \
-			: /* no output */ \
-			:"r" (thread->debugreg[register]))
 
 /*
  *	switch_to(x,yn) should switch tasks from x to y.
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
index ef3602e1c052..ea46d028af08 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ int fastcall do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, sigset_t *oldset)
 		 * inside the kernel.
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(current->thread.debugreg[7])) {
-			__asm__("movl %0,%%db7"	: : "r" (current->thread.debugreg[7]));
+			loaddebug(&current->thread, 7);
 		}
 
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/processor.h b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
index be258b0e5a5f..7149784ed40b 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
@@ -499,6 +499,14 @@ static inline void load_esp0(struct tss_struct *tss, struct thread_struct *threa
 	regs->esp = new_esp;					\
 } while (0)
 
+/*
+ * This special macro can be used to load a debugging register
+ */
+#define loaddebug(thread,register) \
+               __asm__("movl %0,%%db" #register  \
+                       : /* no output */ \
+                       :"r" ((thread)->debugreg[register]))
+
 /* Forward declaration, a strange C thing */
 struct task_struct;
 struct mm_struct;
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/suspend.h b/include/asm-i386/suspend.h
index dfc1114c1b6f..08be1e5009d4 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/suspend.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/suspend.h
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ struct saved_context {
 	unsigned long return_address;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
-#define loaddebug(thread,register) \
-               __asm__("movl %0,%%db" #register  \
-                       : /* no output */ \
-                       :"r" ((thread)->debugreg[register]))
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP
 extern unsigned long saved_eip;
 extern unsigned long saved_esp;