diff --git a/fs/proc/Makefile b/fs/proc/Makefile
index f7456c4e7d0f..ead487e80510 100644
--- a/fs/proc/Makefile
+++ b/fs/proc/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ proc-y	+= loadavg.o
 proc-y	+= meminfo.o
 proc-y	+= stat.o
 proc-y	+= uptime.o
+proc-y	+= util.o
 proc-y	+= version.o
 proc-y	+= softirqs.o
 proc-y	+= namespaces.o
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index a34195e92b20..9aad373cf11d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -103,28 +103,7 @@ static inline struct task_struct *get_proc_task(struct inode *inode)
 void task_dump_owner(struct task_struct *task, mode_t mode,
 		     kuid_t *ruid, kgid_t *rgid);
 
-static inline unsigned name_to_int(const struct qstr *qstr)
-{
-	const char *name = qstr->name;
-	int len = qstr->len;
-	unsigned n = 0;
-
-	if (len > 1 && *name == '0')
-		goto out;
-	while (len-- > 0) {
-		unsigned c = *name++ - '0';
-		if (c > 9)
-			goto out;
-		if (n >= (~0U-9)/10)
-			goto out;
-		n *= 10;
-		n += c;
-	}
-	return n;
-out:
-	return ~0U;
-}
-
+unsigned name_to_int(const struct qstr *qstr);
 /*
  * Offset of the first process in the /proc root directory..
  */
diff --git a/fs/proc/util.c b/fs/proc/util.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c29aa497394b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/proc/util.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include <linux/dcache.h>
+
+unsigned name_to_int(const struct qstr *qstr)
+{
+	const char *name = qstr->name;
+	int len = qstr->len;
+	unsigned n = 0;
+
+	if (len > 1 && *name == '0')
+		goto out;
+	while (len-- > 0) {
+		unsigned c = *name++ - '0';
+		if (c > 9)
+			goto out;
+		if (n >= (~0U-9)/10)
+			goto out;
+		n *= 10;
+		n += c;
+	}
+	return n;
+out:
+	return ~0U;
+}