diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 92f7b15dd22121d4aa674fd78cd95cac8924c07f..adabeababeb03d5fc34efe76fa5c12d4eab90a5d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
-#include <linux/cpuidle.h>
 #include <linux/leds.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 
@@ -133,7 +132,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(arm_pm_restart);
 
 void (*arm_pm_idle)(void);
 
-static void default_idle(void)
+/*
+ * Called from the core idle loop.
+ */
+
+void arch_cpu_idle(void)
 {
 	if (arm_pm_idle)
 		arm_pm_idle();
@@ -167,15 +170,6 @@ void arch_cpu_idle_dead(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Called from the core idle loop.
- */
-void arch_cpu_idle(void)
-{
-	if (cpuidle_idle_call())
-		default_idle();
-}
-
 /*
  * Called by kexec, immediately prior to machine_kexec().
  *