diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c
index 153425997cced306df3a7a77699b7fa97c87a4fb..1790f503f57b693388983c96087af45e69fc7d55 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include "node.h"
 #include "name_distr.h"
 
+#define NODE_HTABLE_SIZE 512
+
 static void node_lost_contact(struct tipc_node *n_ptr);
 static void node_established_contact(struct tipc_node *n_ptr);
 
@@ -50,6 +52,17 @@ static u32 tipc_num_nodes;
 
 static atomic_t tipc_num_links = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
+/*
+ * A trivial power-of-two bitmask technique is used for speed, since this
+ * operation is done for every incoming TIPC packet. The number of hash table
+ * entries has been chosen so that no hash chain exceeds 8 nodes and will
+ * usually be much smaller (typically only a single node).
+ */
+static inline unsigned int tipc_hashfn(u32 addr)
+{
+	return addr & (NODE_HTABLE_SIZE - 1);
+}
+
 /*
  * tipc_node_find - locate specified node object, if it exists
  */
diff --git a/net/tipc/node.h b/net/tipc/node.h
index 7bf526af1dfb6914e4ecccb8454e673d2208d5cf..72561c971d6735f622fe65428b013e6e0d683f20 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.h
+++ b/net/tipc/node.h
@@ -107,20 +107,8 @@ struct tipc_node {
 	} bclink;
 };
 
-#define NODE_HTABLE_SIZE 512
 extern struct list_head tipc_node_list;
 
-/*
- * A trivial power-of-two bitmask technique is used for speed, since this
- * operation is done for every incoming TIPC packet. The number of hash table
- * entries has been chosen so that no hash chain exceeds 8 nodes and will
- * usually be much smaller (typically only a single node).
- */
-static inline unsigned int tipc_hashfn(u32 addr)
-{
-	return addr & (NODE_HTABLE_SIZE - 1);
-}
-
 struct tipc_node *tipc_node_find(u32 addr);
 struct tipc_node *tipc_node_create(u32 addr);
 void tipc_node_delete(struct tipc_node *n_ptr);