diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/ether.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/ether.c
index d0dd29ffb2..ba442d5ed5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/ether.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/ether.c
@@ -852,30 +852,6 @@ DEFINE_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(u8, control_req, USB_BUFSIZ);
 DEFINE_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(u8, status_req, STATUS_BYTECOUNT);
 #endif
 
-
-/**
- * strlcpy - Copy a %NUL terminated string into a sized buffer
- * @dest: Where to copy the string to
- * @src: Where to copy the string from
- * @size: size of destination buffer
- *
- * Compatible with *BSD: the result is always a valid
- * NUL-terminated string that fits in the buffer (unless,
- * of course, the buffer size is zero). It does not pad
- * out the result like strncpy() does.
- */
-size_t strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
-{
-	size_t ret = strlen(src);
-
-	if (size) {
-		size_t len = (ret >= size) ? size - 1 : ret;
-		memcpy(dest, src, len);
-		dest[len] = '\0';
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*============================================================================*/
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 96348d617f..c7047ba0bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ extern char * strcpy(char *,const char *);
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCPY
 extern char * strncpy(char *,const char *, __kernel_size_t);
 #endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLCPY
+size_t strlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
+#endif
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT
 extern char * strcat(char *, const char *);
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 29c2ca7ef6..87c9a408e6 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -102,6 +102,31 @@ char * strncpy(char * dest,const char *src,size_t count)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLCPY
+/**
+ * strlcpy - Copy a C-string into a sized buffer
+ * @dest: Where to copy the string to
+ * @src: Where to copy the string from
+ * @size: size of destination buffer
+ *
+ * Compatible with *BSD: the result is always a valid
+ * NUL-terminated string that fits in the buffer (unless,
+ * of course, the buffer size is zero). It does not pad
+ * out the result like strncpy() does.
+ */
+size_t strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
+{
+	size_t ret = strlen(src);
+
+	if (size) {
+		size_t len = (ret >= size) ? size - 1 : ret;
+		memcpy(dest, src, len);
+		dest[len] = '\0';
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT
 /**
  * strcat - Append one %NUL-terminated string to another