diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index bfe82b63875f..a05c92198b9f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -237,17 +237,6 @@ void cpufreq_cpu_put(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_cpu_put);
 
-bool cpufreq_next_valid(struct cpufreq_frequency_table **pos)
-{
-	while ((*pos)->frequency != CPUFREQ_TABLE_END)
-		if ((*pos)->frequency != CPUFREQ_ENTRY_INVALID)
-			return true;
-		else
-			(*pos)++;
-	return false;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_next_valid);
-
 /*********************************************************************
  *            EXTERNALLY AFFECTING FREQUENCY CHANGES                 *
  *********************************************************************/
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 9d803b529ac2..3f458896d45c 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -489,8 +489,15 @@ static inline void dev_pm_opp_free_cpufreq_table(struct device *dev,
 }
 #endif
 
-
-bool cpufreq_next_valid(struct cpufreq_frequency_table **pos);
+static inline bool cpufreq_next_valid(struct cpufreq_frequency_table **pos)
+{
+	while ((*pos)->frequency != CPUFREQ_TABLE_END)
+		if ((*pos)->frequency != CPUFREQ_ENTRY_INVALID)
+			return true;
+		else
+			(*pos)++;
+	return false;
+}
 
 /*
  * cpufreq_for_each_entry -	iterate over a cpufreq_frequency_table