diff --git a/arch/metag/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/metag/include/asm/irqflags.h
index cba5e135bc9af64d3894bc3e812ea487e84202c5..339b16f062eba90c24cbb47e9ec09c38294ed9b3 100644
--- a/arch/metag/include/asm/irqflags.h
+++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/irqflags.h
@@ -78,16 +78,15 @@ static inline void arch_local_irq_disable(void)
 	asm volatile("MOV TXMASKI,%0\n" : : "r" (flags) : "memory");
 }
 
-static inline void arch_local_irq_enable(void)
-{
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	preempt_disable();
-	arch_local_irq_restore(get_trigger_mask());
-	preempt_enable_no_resched();
+/* Avoid circular include dependencies through <linux/preempt.h> */
+void arch_local_irq_enable(void);
 #else
+static inline void arch_local_irq_enable(void)
+{
 	arch_local_irq_restore(get_trigger_mask());
-#endif
 }
+#endif
 
 #endif /* (__ASSEMBLY__) */
 
diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c b/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c
index 1ad363ce1ee9d16c9727cd6e7541ed688a875dd0..202be405771ec7a093847816ab8600ea2354782e 100644
--- a/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/preempt.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
@@ -776,17 +777,30 @@ int traps_restore_context(void)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-unsigned int get_trigger_mask(void)
+static inline unsigned int _get_trigger_mask(void)
 {
 	unsigned long cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	return per_cpu(trigger_mask, cpu);
 }
 
+unsigned int get_trigger_mask(void)
+{
+	return _get_trigger_mask();
+}
+
 static void set_trigger_mask(unsigned int mask)
 {
 	unsigned long cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	per_cpu(trigger_mask, cpu) = mask;
 }
+
+void arch_local_irq_enable(void)
+{
+	preempt_disable();
+	arch_local_irq_restore(_get_trigger_mask());
+	preempt_enable_no_resched();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_local_irq_enable);
 #else
 static void set_trigger_mask(unsigned int mask)
 {