diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 7b7af2f77d5cb7be1bea8e6c06d4a889c3ea7d27..47b6d0530dae7169a638585773dfa6b5311146e3 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ extern struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, struct filename *pathname,
 		const struct open_flags *op);
 extern struct file *do_file_open_root(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
 		const char *, const struct open_flags *);
+extern struct open_how build_open_how(int flags, umode_t mode);
+extern int build_open_flags(const struct open_how *how, struct open_flags *op);
 
 long do_sys_ftruncate(unsigned int fd, loff_t length, int small);
 long do_faccessat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int mode);
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 89be988a373fa7326da8db8b943da5f7a156ae60..67c2199c312173874ba4d7acb6c349859fad623c 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(open_with_fake_path);
 #define WILL_CREATE(flags)	(flags & (O_CREAT | __O_TMPFILE))
 #define O_PATH_FLAGS		(O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_PATH | O_CLOEXEC)
 
-static inline struct open_how build_open_how(int flags, umode_t mode)
+inline struct open_how build_open_how(int flags, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct open_how how = {
 		.flags = flags & VALID_OPEN_FLAGS,
@@ -965,8 +965,7 @@ static inline struct open_how build_open_how(int flags, umode_t mode)
 	return how;
 }
 
-static inline int build_open_flags(const struct open_how *how,
-				   struct open_flags *op)
+inline int build_open_flags(const struct open_how *how, struct open_flags *op)
 {
 	int flags = how->flags;
 	int lookup_flags = 0;