diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-arm.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-arm.c
index 8d4464f9471ba8f2df6278db84a06c5212abd503..3c4678edcbf8d4c06b9257dc6dcb6f9375bb4de7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-arm.c
@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@
 
 #define is_r15(insn, bitpos) (((insn) & (0xf << bitpos)) == (0xf << bitpos))
 
-/*
- * Test if load/store instructions writeback the address register.
- * if P (bit 24) == 0 or W (bit 21) == 1
- */
-#define is_writeback(insn) ((insn ^ 0x01000000) & 0x01200000)
-
 #define PSR_fs	(PSR_f|PSR_s)
 
 #define KPROBE_RETURN_INSTRUCTION	0xe1a0f00e	/* mov pc, lr */
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.h b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.h
index 792f2316227a52cf5f57a8df405b14c17612b941..4de2f37b1a85492b14106069478016fc620ea53e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.h
@@ -36,4 +36,10 @@ void __init arm_kprobe_decode_init(void);
 
 extern kprobe_check_cc * const kprobe_condition_checks[16];
 
+/*
+ * Test if load/store instructions writeback the address register.
+ * if P (bit 24) == 0 or W (bit 21) == 1
+ */
+#define is_writeback(insn) ((insn ^ 0x01000000) & 0x01200000)
+
 #endif /* _ARM_KERNEL_KPROBES_H */