diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index edc98c72a63401898f6a26cbfad7b8461429909d..67d6369ddf83e632dcd014358c7d71bd17816fe7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK) += ring_buffer_benchmark.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace_output.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace_seq.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += seq_buf.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace_stat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace_printk.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER) += trace_sched_switch.o
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 7512dc978f1872fe4a395868ed0f3cbd30de2ad0..a1aa1e81ed367ff6f7aa35adcca7eafdf9e0c164 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \
 	 sha1.o md5.o irq_regs.o reciprocal_div.o argv_split.o \
 	 proportions.o flex_proportions.o ratelimit.o show_mem.o \
 	 is_single_threaded.o plist.o decompress.o kobject_uevent.o \
-	 earlycpio.o
+	 earlycpio.o seq_buf.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS) += usercopy.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_MMU) += ioremap.o
diff --git a/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c b/lib/seq_buf.c
similarity index 100%
rename from kernel/trace/seq_buf.c
rename to lib/seq_buf.c