diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c b/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c
index 24534ff1937e3d364924f08b1a196cf2d6b4219f..271c2408672929ad1355feff4cf793374032b0f9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c
@@ -133,6 +133,22 @@ void mei_hbm_reset(struct mei_device *dev)
 	mei_hbm_idle(dev);
 }
 
+/**
+ * mei_hbm_hdr - construct hbm header
+ *
+ * @hdr: hbm header
+ * @length: payload length
+ */
+
+static inline void mei_hbm_hdr(struct mei_msg_hdr *hdr, size_t length)
+{
+	hdr->host_addr = 0;
+	hdr->me_addr = 0;
+	hdr->length = length;
+	hdr->msg_complete = 1;
+	hdr->reserved = 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * mei_hbm_cl_hdr - construct client hbm header
  *
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.h b/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.h
index efcb0d45bbe6636bb9219cd4456f84c2c052edb5..b7cd3d857fd59d691f6b95a7fd2fac61924b2a97 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.h
@@ -44,15 +44,6 @@ const char *mei_hbm_state_str(enum mei_hbm_state state);
 
 int mei_hbm_dispatch(struct mei_device *dev, struct mei_msg_hdr *hdr);
 
-static inline void mei_hbm_hdr(struct mei_msg_hdr *hdr, size_t length)
-{
-	hdr->host_addr = 0;
-	hdr->me_addr = 0;
-	hdr->length = length;
-	hdr->msg_complete = 1;
-	hdr->reserved = 0;
-}
-
 void mei_hbm_idle(struct mei_device *dev);
 void mei_hbm_reset(struct mei_device *dev);
 int mei_hbm_start_req(struct mei_device *dev);