diff --git a/include/linux/sched/smt.h b/include/linux/sched/smt.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c9e0be51411045b4de65b9e9d3b44de75e27ae88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/sched/smt.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_SCHED_SMT_H
+#define _LINUX_SCHED_SMT_H
+
+#include <linux/static_key.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
+extern struct static_key_false sched_smt_present;
+
+static __always_inline bool sched_smt_active(void)
+{
+	return static_branch_likely(&sched_smt_present);
+}
+#else
+static inline bool sched_smt_active(void) { return false; }
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 618577fc9aa873d20425c3c4ac590bb91a8af003..4e524ab589c9b406d0f3bffa43e8da2793e20259 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/prio.h>
 #include <linux/sched/rt.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
+#include <linux/sched/smt.h>
 #include <linux/sched/stat.h>
 #include <linux/sched/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/sched/task.h>
@@ -936,9 +937,6 @@ static inline int cpu_of(struct rq *rq)
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
-
-extern struct static_key_false sched_smt_present;
-
 extern void __update_idle_core(struct rq *rq);
 
 static inline void update_idle_core(struct rq *rq)