diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 0c2b7ef7a34d5453d510ba3a598e5b15c2af6b53..294f26da0c0ce448f294ceacd162da3ff77b1f5f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/pfn.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/firmware-map.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Makefile b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
index 3d031d02e54b556a038be7ae2a64ebde1fa92f84..9cc9f2c4da79e7fd5322d7c001c117e66295735b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ acpi-y				+= atomicio.o
 # sleep related files
 acpi-y				+= wakeup.o
 acpi-y				+= sleep.o
-acpi-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP)	+= proc.o
+acpi-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP)	+= proc.o nvs.o
 
 
 #
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index a212bfeddf8c0247e2ccfd9a34da8df325bc6576..7c23b76e8eca24b696fa777f24630cf16ba1c0d5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -82,8 +82,16 @@ extern int acpi_sleep_init(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP
 int acpi_sleep_proc_init(void);
+int suspend_nvs_alloc(void);
+void suspend_nvs_free(void);
+int suspend_nvs_save(void);
+void suspend_nvs_restore(void);
 #else
 static inline int acpi_sleep_proc_init(void) { return 0; }
+static inline int suspend_nvs_alloc(void) { return 0; }
+static inline void suspend_nvs_free(void) {}
+static inline int suspend_nvs_save(void) {}
+static inline void suspend_nvs_restore(void) {}
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _ACPI_INTERNAL_H_ */
diff --git a/kernel/power/nvs.c b/drivers/acpi/nvs.c
similarity index 100%
rename from kernel/power/nvs.c
rename to drivers/acpi/nvs.c
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 67c91b4418b06e59ea9de82e0c67dfb4cc5a7554..fa7ed6a983d0b2bbd4367c053eb6b77b0deb5e22 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -254,6 +254,15 @@ void __init acpi_old_suspend_ordering(void);
 void __init acpi_nvs_nosave(void);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP
+int suspend_nvs_register(unsigned long start, unsigned long size);
+#else
+static inline int suspend_nvs_register(unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 struct acpi_osc_context {
 	char *uuid_str; /* uuid string */
 	int rev;
diff --git a/include/linux/suspend.h b/include/linux/suspend.h
index acb7d911bb0cb63a81ee140a93d5510ec509e887..0e288e3c37be645103f987e80445b39fdb801f14 100644
--- a/include/linux/suspend.h
+++ b/include/linux/suspend.h
@@ -258,23 +258,6 @@ static inline int hibernate(void) { return -ENOSYS; }
 static inline bool system_entering_hibernation(void) { return false; }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HIBERNATION */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SUSPEND_NVS
-extern int suspend_nvs_register(unsigned long start, unsigned long size);
-extern int suspend_nvs_alloc(void);
-extern void suspend_nvs_free(void);
-extern int suspend_nvs_save(void);
-extern void suspend_nvs_restore(void);
-#else /* CONFIG_SUSPEND_NVS */
-static inline int suspend_nvs_register(unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-static inline int suspend_nvs_alloc(void) { return 0; }
-static inline void suspend_nvs_free(void) {}
-static inline int suspend_nvs_save(void) {}
-static inline void suspend_nvs_restore(void) {}
-#endif /* CONFIG_SUSPEND_NVS */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 void save_processor_state(void);
 void restore_processor_state(void);
diff --git a/kernel/power/Kconfig b/kernel/power/Kconfig
index a5aff3ebad38b68629d341cb5a28856afb970796..265729966ece61898c9f37a5b8fde49978bcce8c 100644
--- a/kernel/power/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/power/Kconfig
@@ -100,13 +100,9 @@ config PM_SLEEP_ADVANCED_DEBUG
 	depends on PM_ADVANCED_DEBUG
 	default n
 
-config SUSPEND_NVS
-       bool
-
 config SUSPEND
 	bool "Suspend to RAM and standby"
 	depends on PM && ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE
-	select SUSPEND_NVS if HAS_IOMEM
 	default y
 	---help---
 	  Allow the system to enter sleep states in which main memory is
@@ -140,7 +136,6 @@ config HIBERNATION
 	depends on PM && SWAP && ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE
 	select LZO_COMPRESS
 	select LZO_DECOMPRESS
-	select SUSPEND_NVS if HAS_IOMEM
 	---help---
 	  Enable the suspend to disk (STD) functionality, which is usually
 	  called "hibernation" in user interfaces.  STD checkpoints the
diff --git a/kernel/power/Makefile b/kernel/power/Makefile
index f9063c6b185d2917124f06350753ad96e0b184d1..120a15823325990c1d2a16e6ad048b7a392232e9 100644
--- a/kernel/power/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/power/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SUSPEND)		+= suspend.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM_TEST_SUSPEND)	+= suspend_test.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HIBERNATION)	+= hibernate.o snapshot.o swap.o user.o \
 				   block_io.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SUSPEND_NVS)	+= nvs.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ)	+= poweroff.o