diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
index 996b70a988becab3961efc205660bc8c9ec25c88..895011b7a0bfa223a5e974038130ccc305272902 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 #include <linux/mei.h>
 #include <linux/mei_cl_bus.h>
 
+static inline int uuid_le_cmp(const uuid_le u1, const uuid_le u2)
+{
+	return memcmp(&u1, &u2, sizeof(uuid_le));
+}
+
 #include "hw.h"
 #include "hbm.h"
 
diff --git a/include/linux/uuid.h b/include/linux/uuid.h
index 5be158a49e11f417e749a1d8f0667c83c16d1410..6b1a3efa1e0bcc6453527d7bb382db8c38f4efd1 100644
--- a/include/linux/uuid.h
+++ b/include/linux/uuid.h
@@ -110,9 +110,4 @@ int uuid_parse(const char *uuid, uuid_t *u);
 /* MEI UUID type, don't use anywhere else */
 #include <uapi/linux/uuid.h>
 
-static inline int uuid_le_cmp(const uuid_le u1, const uuid_le u2)
-{
-	return memcmp(&u1, &u2, sizeof(uuid_le));
-}
-
 #endif