diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
index 1de41690ff997f677ec061581ab61f44f05075db..8729723636fd1632eebd92197dd292fa26de10d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
@@ -79,14 +79,6 @@ static __always_inline bool __preempt_count_dec_and_test(void)
 	GEN_UNARY_RMWcc("decl", __preempt_count, __percpu_arg(0), "e");
 }
 
-/*
- * Returns true when we need to resched -- even if we can not.
- */
-static __always_inline bool need_resched(void)
-{
-	return unlikely(test_preempt_need_resched());
-}
-
 /*
  * Returns true when we need to resched and can (barring IRQ state).
  */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/preempt.h b/include/asm-generic/preempt.h
index 5dc14ed3791c2afa42de87c8eb609ed997ed409c..ddf2b420ac8f81621ec9dd088e8379f8b686cd94 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/preempt.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/preempt.h
@@ -84,14 +84,6 @@ static __always_inline bool __preempt_count_dec_and_test(void)
 	return !--*preempt_count_ptr();
 }
 
-/*
- * Returns true when we need to resched -- even if we can not.
- */
-static __always_inline bool need_resched(void)
-{
-	return unlikely(test_preempt_need_resched());
-}
-
 /*
  * Returns true when we need to resched and can (barring IRQ state).
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index b09798b672f3036a92c03daf9d78f6217a6af1b3..2ac5285db4344a01ced312656cef38cd2f415b73 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2577,6 +2577,11 @@ static inline bool __must_check current_clr_polling_and_test(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+static __always_inline bool need_resched(void)
+{
+	return unlikely(tif_need_resched());
+}
+
 /*
  * Thread group CPU time accounting.
  */