diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 575730744fdb..fcfce24f87d1 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -858,6 +858,15 @@ int mtd_panic_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len, size_t *retlen,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_panic_write);
 
+int mtd_read_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, struct mtd_oob_ops *ops)
+{
+	ops->retlen = ops->oobretlen = 0;
+	if (!mtd->_read_oob)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return mtd->_read_oob(mtd, from, ops);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_read_oob);
+
 /*
  * Method to access the protection register area, present in some flash
  * devices. The user data is one time programmable but the factory data is read
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index 63dadc0dfb62..81d61e704599 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -265,14 +265,7 @@ int mtd_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len, size_t *retlen,
 int mtd_panic_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len, size_t *retlen,
 		    const u_char *buf);
 
-static inline int mtd_read_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from,
-			       struct mtd_oob_ops *ops)
-{
-	ops->retlen = ops->oobretlen = 0;
-	if (!mtd->_read_oob)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return mtd->_read_oob(mtd, from, ops);
-}
+int mtd_read_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, struct mtd_oob_ops *ops);
 
 static inline int mtd_write_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to,
 				struct mtd_oob_ops *ops)