diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 205026175c4208a8e65423f6042606a5be67bec7..d891f949466ae2b11d2fd063a4493044e5dc9618 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -460,15 +460,14 @@ static inline spinlock_t *huge_pte_lockptr(struct hstate *h,
 	return &mm->page_table_lock;
 }
 
-static inline bool hugepages_supported(void)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Some platform decide whether they support huge pages at boot
-	 * time. On these, such as powerpc, HPAGE_SHIFT is set to 0 when
-	 * there is no such support
-	 */
-	return HPAGE_SHIFT != 0;
-}
+#ifndef hugepages_supported
+/*
+ * Some platform decide whether they support huge pages at boot
+ * time. Some of them, such as powerpc, set HPAGE_SHIFT to 0
+ * when there is no such support
+ */
+#define hugepages_supported() (HPAGE_SHIFT != 0)
+#endif
 
 #else	/* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
 struct hstate {};