diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index 29913e42c4ab436da84fc7fdf6e42da4fe051e49..ecfd82169cb36c76f4905c1938e24f9553e5ccac 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -1315,9 +1315,6 @@ static struct mirror_set *alloc_context(unsigned int nr_mirrors,
 	size_t len;
 	struct mirror_set *ms = NULL;
 
-	if (array_too_big(sizeof(*ms), sizeof(ms->mirror[0]), nr_mirrors))
-		return NULL;
-
 	len = sizeof(*ms) + (sizeof(ms->mirror[0]) * nr_mirrors);
 
 	ms = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index b745d8ac625b5ffd6730f585e95fec2081cf8429..287e245847303ef4064b1e4e75a7a31ef5695636 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ static inline struct stripe_c *alloc_context(unsigned int stripes)
 {
 	size_t len;
 
-	if (array_too_big(sizeof(struct stripe_c), sizeof(struct stripe),
-			  stripes))
+	if (dm_array_too_big(sizeof(struct stripe_c), sizeof(struct stripe),
+			     stripes))
 		return NULL;
 
 	len = sizeof(struct stripe_c) + (sizeof(struct stripe) * stripes);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.h b/drivers/md/dm.h
index cd189da2b2fa1fbad7293f152f0744b7bdbb8c35..0ade60cdef42dd062bf8f11210ee27b65dd651d2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.h
@@ -62,15 +62,6 @@ void dm_put_target_type(struct target_type *t);
 int dm_target_iterate(void (*iter_func)(struct target_type *tt,
 					void *param), void *param);
 
-/*-----------------------------------------------------------------
- * Useful inlines.
- *---------------------------------------------------------------*/
-static inline int array_too_big(unsigned long fixed, unsigned long obj,
-				unsigned long num)
-{
-	return (num > (ULONG_MAX - fixed) / obj);
-}
-
 int dm_split_args(int *argc, char ***argvp, char *input);
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 08d783592b73ef4ef6bf8f2b03c8b1359ebe5b40..dfb30db475ed61c2c5562952c3e8add25a1754a2 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -354,6 +354,9 @@ void *dm_vcalloc(unsigned long nmemb, unsigned long elem_size);
  */
 #define dm_round_up(n, sz) (dm_div_up((n), (sz)) * (sz))
 
+#define dm_array_too_big(fixed, obj, num) \
+	((num) > (UINT_MAX - (fixed)) / (obj))
+
 static inline sector_t to_sector(unsigned long n)
 {
 	return (n >> SECTOR_SHIFT);