diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/fsl-mc-allocator.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/fsl-mc-allocator.c
index 3ebaecbc1ec0..655056480414 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/fsl-mc-allocator.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/fsl-mc-allocator.c
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 #include "dpmcp.h"
 #include <linux/msi.h>
 
+#define FSL_MC_IS_ALLOCATABLE(_obj_type) \
+	(strcmp(_obj_type, "dpbp") == 0 || \
+	 strcmp(_obj_type, "dpmcp") == 0 || \
+	 strcmp(_obj_type, "dpcon") == 0)
+
 /**
  * fsl_mc_resource_pool_add_device - add allocatable device to a resource
  * pool of a given MC bus
diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/include/mc-bus.h b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/include/mc-bus.h
index 7f847e6734f3..f192aa8f07b9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/include/mc-bus.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/include/mc-bus.h
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@
 	(strcmp((_mc_dev)->obj_desc.type, (_obj_desc)->type) == 0 && \
 	 (_mc_dev)->obj_desc.id == (_obj_desc)->id)
 
-#define FSL_MC_IS_ALLOCATABLE(_obj_type) \
-	(strcmp(_obj_type, "dpbp") == 0 || \
-	 strcmp(_obj_type, "dpmcp") == 0 || \
-	 strcmp(_obj_type, "dpcon") == 0)
-
 struct irq_domain;
 struct msi_domain_info;