diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index e3fa69544b66c0bd18e99a023ccf0f32f7b8e009..c4baf42f8d8a4848058468abb8b1e8c26956bcb1 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ 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 8cdb2b675867802eb3afe7877624c1bf3ea61b4c..0788b3715731186f326a24296ed3b00ad870bb46 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ 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,
@@ -974,8 +974,7 @@ 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;