diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
index ea2c0e3b00743329555c833e4e8cf22afff4bdf4..10c782137d4636333a3d7728aae1b866e3eb475b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(___test_and_change_bit);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(___test_and_set_le_bit);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(___test_and_clear_le_bit);
 
+/* Bit searching */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_next_bit);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_next_zero_bit);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_next_zero_le_bit);
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ivector_table);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(enable_irq);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(disable_irq);
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/lib/Makefile b/arch/sparc64/lib/Makefile
index 14a4c728b13c160fb7d4c99976fc10bdd6245ceb..230e59f1888e5f3f2d388720178c0d22c8865aff 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc64/lib/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ lib-y := PeeCeeI.o blockops.o strlen.o strncmp.o \
 	 VIScopy.o VISbzero.o VISmemset.o VIScsum.o VIScsumcopy.o \
 	 VIScsumcopyusr.o VISsave.o atomic.o rwlock.o bitops.o \
 	 U3memcpy.o U3copy_from_user.o U3copy_to_user.o \
-	 U3copy_in_user.o mcount.o ipcsum.o rwsem.o xor.o splock.o
+	 U3copy_in_user.o mcount.o ipcsum.o rwsem.o xor.o splock.o \
+	 find_bit.o
 
 lib-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK) += debuglocks.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK) += dec_and_lock.o
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/lib/find_bit.c b/arch/sparc64/lib/find_bit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..420dfbafdfa4c01700478b20eaf6a3496fa854f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sparc64/lib/find_bit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+#include <asm/bitops.h>
+
+/**
+ * find_next_bit - find the next set bit in a memory region
+ * @addr: The address to base the search on
+ * @offset: The bitnumber to start searching at
+ * @size: The maximum size to search
+ */
+unsigned long find_next_bit(unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size, unsigned long offset)
+{
+	unsigned long *p = addr + (offset >> 6);
+	unsigned long result = offset & ~63UL;
+	unsigned long tmp;
+
+	if (offset >= size)
+		return size;
+	size -= result;
+	offset &= 63UL;
+	if (offset) {
+		tmp = *(p++);
+		tmp &= (~0UL << offset);
+		if (size < 64)
+			goto found_first;
+		if (tmp)
+			goto found_middle;
+		size -= 64;
+		result += 64;
+	}
+	while (size & ~63UL) {
+		if ((tmp = *(p++)))
+			goto found_middle;
+		result += 64;
+		size -= 64;
+	}
+	if (!size)
+		return result;
+	tmp = *p;
+
+found_first:
+	tmp &= (~0UL >> (64 - size));
+	if (tmp == 0UL)        /* Are any bits set? */
+		return result + size; /* Nope. */
+found_middle:
+	return result + __ffs(tmp);
+}
+
+/* find_next_zero_bit() finds the first zero bit in a bit string of length
+ * 'size' bits, starting the search at bit 'offset'. This is largely based
+ * on Linus's ALPHA routines, which are pretty portable BTW.
+ */
+
+unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size, unsigned long offset)
+{
+	unsigned long *p = addr + (offset >> 6);
+	unsigned long result = offset & ~63UL;
+	unsigned long tmp;
+
+	if (offset >= size)
+		return size;
+	size -= result;
+	offset &= 63UL;
+	if (offset) {
+		tmp = *(p++);
+		tmp |= ~0UL >> (64-offset);
+		if (size < 64)
+			goto found_first;
+		if (~tmp)
+			goto found_middle;
+		size -= 64;
+		result += 64;
+	}
+	while (size & ~63UL) {
+		if (~(tmp = *(p++)))
+			goto found_middle;
+		result += 64;
+		size -= 64;
+	}
+	if (!size)
+		return result;
+	tmp = *p;
+
+found_first:
+	tmp |= ~0UL << size;
+	if (tmp == ~0UL)        /* Are any bits zero? */
+		return result + size; /* Nope. */
+found_middle:
+	return result + ffz(tmp);
+}
+
+unsigned long find_next_zero_le_bit(unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size, unsigned long offset)
+{
+	unsigned long *p = addr + (offset >> 6);
+	unsigned long result = offset & ~63UL;
+	unsigned long tmp;
+
+	if (offset >= size)
+		return size;
+	size -= result;
+	offset &= 63UL;
+	if(offset) {
+		tmp = __swab64p(p++);
+		tmp |= (~0UL >> (64-offset));
+		if(size < 64)
+			goto found_first;
+		if(~tmp)
+			goto found_middle;
+		size -= 64;
+		result += 64;
+	}
+	while(size & ~63) {
+		if(~(tmp = __swab64p(p++)))
+			goto found_middle;
+		result += 64;
+		size -= 64;
+	}
+	if(!size)
+		return result;
+	tmp = __swab64p(p);
+found_first:
+	tmp |= (~0UL << size);
+	if (tmp == ~0UL)        /* Are any bits zero? */
+		return result + size; /* Nope. */
+found_middle:
+	return result + ffz(tmp);
+}
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/bitops.h b/include/asm-sparc64/bitops.h
index 9deee1ab71203af04c8a5a30c75378f2ee637d57..d32c138437c3ec537e0782afad8d8604ace5fad6 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/bitops.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/bitops.h
@@ -204,43 +204,7 @@ static __inline__ unsigned int hweight8(unsigned int w)
  * @offset: The bitnumber to start searching at
  * @size: The maximum size to search
  */
-static __inline__ unsigned long find_next_bit(unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size, unsigned long offset)
-{
-	unsigned long *p = addr + (offset >> 6);
-	unsigned long result = offset & ~63UL;
-	unsigned long tmp;
-
-	if (offset >= size)
-		return size;
-	size -= result;
-	offset &= 63UL;
-	if (offset) {
-		tmp = *(p++);
-		tmp &= (~0UL << offset);
-		if (size < 64)
-			goto found_first;
-		if (tmp)
-			goto found_middle;
-		size -= 64;
-		result += 64;
-	}
-	while (size & ~63UL) {
-		if ((tmp = *(p++)))
-			goto found_middle;
-		result += 64;
-		size -= 64;
-	}
-	if (!size)
-		return result;
-	tmp = *p;
-
-found_first:
-	tmp &= (~0UL >> (64 - size));
-	if (tmp == 0UL)        /* Are any bits set? */
-		return result + size; /* Nope. */
-found_middle:
-	return result + __ffs(tmp);
-}
+extern unsigned long find_next_bit(unsigned long *, unsigned long, unsigned long);
 
 /**
  * find_first_bit - find the first set bit in a memory region
@@ -258,43 +222,7 @@ static __inline__ unsigned long find_next_bit(unsigned long *addr, unsigned long
  * on Linus's ALPHA routines, which are pretty portable BTW.
  */
 
-static __inline__ unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size, unsigned long offset)
-{
-	unsigned long *p = addr + (offset >> 6);
-	unsigned long result = offset & ~63UL;
-	unsigned long tmp;
-
-	if (offset >= size)
-		return size;
-	size -= result;
-	offset &= 63UL;
-	if (offset) {
-		tmp = *(p++);
-		tmp |= ~0UL >> (64-offset);
-		if (size < 64)
-			goto found_first;
-		if (~tmp)
-			goto found_middle;
-		size -= 64;
-		result += 64;
-	}
-	while (size & ~63UL) {
-		if (~(tmp = *(p++)))
-			goto found_middle;
-		result += 64;
-		size -= 64;
-	}
-	if (!size)
-		return result;
-	tmp = *p;
-
-found_first:
-	tmp |= ~0UL << size;
-	if (tmp == ~0UL)        /* Are any bits zero? */
-		return result + size; /* Nope. */
-found_middle:
-	return result + ffz(tmp);
-}
+extern unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(unsigned long *, unsigned long, unsigned long);
 
 #define find_first_zero_bit(addr, size) \
         find_next_zero_bit((addr), (size), 0)
@@ -320,42 +248,7 @@ static __inline__ int test_le_bit(int nr, __const__ unsigned long * addr)
 #define find_first_zero_le_bit(addr, size) \
         find_next_zero_le_bit((addr), (size), 0)
 
-static __inline__ unsigned long find_next_zero_le_bit(unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size, unsigned long offset)
-{
-	unsigned long *p = addr + (offset >> 6);
-	unsigned long result = offset & ~63UL;
-	unsigned long tmp;
-
-	if (offset >= size)
-		return size;
-	size -= result;
-	offset &= 63UL;
-	if(offset) {
-		tmp = __swab64p(p++);
-		tmp |= (~0UL >> (64-offset));
-		if(size < 64)
-			goto found_first;
-		if(~tmp)
-			goto found_middle;
-		size -= 64;
-		result += 64;
-	}
-	while(size & ~63) {
-		if(~(tmp = __swab64p(p++)))
-			goto found_middle;
-		result += 64;
-		size -= 64;
-	}
-	if(!size)
-		return result;
-	tmp = __swab64p(p);
-found_first:
-	tmp |= (~0UL << size);
-	if (tmp == ~0UL)        /* Are any bits zero? */
-		return result + size; /* Nope. */
-found_middle:
-	return result + ffz(tmp);
-}
+extern unsigned long find_next_zero_le_bit(unsigned long *, unsigned long, unsigned long);
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__