diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 68c5a8290275..cd415b733c2a 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -178,20 +178,7 @@ static inline unsigned int cpumask_first(const struct cpumask *srcp)
 	return find_first_bit(cpumask_bits(srcp), nr_cpumask_bits);
 }
 
-/**
- * cpumask_next - get the next cpu in a cpumask
- * @n: the cpu prior to the place to search (ie. return will be > @n)
- * @srcp: the cpumask pointer
- *
- * Returns >= nr_cpu_ids if no further cpus set.
- */
-static inline unsigned int cpumask_next(int n, const struct cpumask *srcp)
-{
-	/* -1 is a legal arg here. */
-	if (n != -1)
-		cpumask_check(n);
-	return find_next_bit(cpumask_bits(srcp), nr_cpumask_bits, n+1);
-}
+unsigned int cpumask_next(int n, const struct cpumask *srcp);
 
 /**
  * cpumask_next_zero - get the next unset cpu in a cpumask
diff --git a/lib/cpumask.c b/lib/cpumask.c
index 4731a0895760..8b1a1bd77539 100644
--- a/lib/cpumask.c
+++ b/lib/cpumask.c
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 
+/**
+ * cpumask_next - get the next cpu in a cpumask
+ * @n: the cpu prior to the place to search (ie. return will be > @n)
+ * @srcp: the cpumask pointer
+ *
+ * Returns >= nr_cpu_ids if no further cpus set.
+ */
+unsigned int cpumask_next(int n, const struct cpumask *srcp)
+{
+	/* -1 is a legal arg here. */
+	if (n != -1)
+		cpumask_check(n);
+	return find_next_bit(cpumask_bits(srcp), nr_cpumask_bits, n + 1);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpumask_next);
+
 /**
  * cpumask_next_and - get the next cpu in *src1p & *src2p
  * @n: the cpu prior to the place to search (ie. return will be > @n)