diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index 03644237e1ef..6c8d28419616 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -216,9 +216,68 @@ void bitmap_onto(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *orig,
 		const unsigned long *relmap, unsigned int bits);
 void bitmap_fold(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *orig,
 		unsigned int sz, unsigned int nbits);
-int bitmap_find_free_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int bits, int order);
-void bitmap_release_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order);
-int bitmap_allocate_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order);
+
+/**
+ * bitmap_find_free_region - find a contiguous aligned mem region
+ *	@bitmap: array of unsigned longs corresponding to the bitmap
+ *	@bits: number of bits in the bitmap
+ *	@order: region size (log base 2 of number of bits) to find
+ *
+ * Find a region of free (zero) bits in a @bitmap of @bits bits and
+ * allocate them (set them to one).  Only consider regions of length
+ * a power (@order) of two, aligned to that power of two, which
+ * makes the search algorithm much faster.
+ *
+ * Return the bit offset in bitmap of the allocated region,
+ * or -errno on failure.
+ */
+static inline int bitmap_find_free_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int bits, int order)
+{
+	unsigned int pos, end;		/* scans bitmap by regions of size order */
+
+	for (pos = 0 ; (end = pos + (1U << order)) <= bits; pos = end)
+		if (!bitmap_allocate_region(bitmap, pos, order))
+			return pos;
+
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bitmap_release_region - release allocated bitmap region
+ *	@bitmap: array of unsigned longs corresponding to the bitmap
+ *	@pos: beginning of bit region to release
+ *	@order: region size (log base 2 of number of bits) to release
+ *
+ * This is the complement to __bitmap_find_free_region() and releases
+ * the found region (by clearing it in the bitmap).
+ *
+ * No return value.
+ */
+static inline void bitmap_release_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order)
+{
+	bitmap_clear(bitmap, pos, pos + BIT(order));
+}
+
+/**
+ * bitmap_allocate_region - allocate bitmap region
+ *	@bitmap: array of unsigned longs corresponding to the bitmap
+ *	@pos: beginning of bit region to allocate
+ *	@order: region size (log base 2 of number of bits) to allocate
+ *
+ * Allocate (set bits in) a specified region of a bitmap.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success, or %-EBUSY if specified region wasn't
+ * free (not all bits were zero).
+ */
+static inline int bitmap_allocate_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order)
+{
+	unsigned int nbits = pos + BIT(order);
+
+	if (find_next_bit(bitmap, pos, nbits) < nbits)
+		return -EBUSY;
+	bitmap_set(bitmap, pos, nbits);
+	return 0;
+}
 
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
 void bitmap_copy_le(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src, unsigned int nbits);
diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 7cfe0b442c73..1c5d1f5d2071 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -1220,71 +1220,6 @@ void bitmap_fold(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *orig,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
-/**
- * bitmap_find_free_region - find a contiguous aligned mem region
- *	@bitmap: array of unsigned longs corresponding to the bitmap
- *	@bits: number of bits in the bitmap
- *	@order: region size (log base 2 of number of bits) to find
- *
- * Find a region of free (zero) bits in a @bitmap of @bits bits and
- * allocate them (set them to one).  Only consider regions of length
- * a power (@order) of two, aligned to that power of two, which
- * makes the search algorithm much faster.
- *
- * Return the bit offset in bitmap of the allocated region,
- * or -errno on failure.
- */
-int bitmap_find_free_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int bits, int order)
-{
-	unsigned int pos, end;		/* scans bitmap by regions of size order */
-
-	for (pos = 0 ; (end = pos + (1U << order)) <= bits; pos = end)
-		if (!bitmap_allocate_region(bitmap, pos, order))
-			return pos;
-
-	return -ENOMEM;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_find_free_region);
-
-/**
- * bitmap_release_region - release allocated bitmap region
- *	@bitmap: array of unsigned longs corresponding to the bitmap
- *	@pos: beginning of bit region to release
- *	@order: region size (log base 2 of number of bits) to release
- *
- * This is the complement to __bitmap_find_free_region() and releases
- * the found region (by clearing it in the bitmap).
- *
- * No return value.
- */
-void bitmap_release_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order)
-{
-	bitmap_clear(bitmap, pos, pos + BIT(order));
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_release_region);
-
-/**
- * bitmap_allocate_region - allocate bitmap region
- *	@bitmap: array of unsigned longs corresponding to the bitmap
- *	@pos: beginning of bit region to allocate
- *	@order: region size (log base 2 of number of bits) to allocate
- *
- * Allocate (set bits in) a specified region of a bitmap.
- *
- * Return 0 on success, or %-EBUSY if specified region wasn't
- * free (not all bits were zero).
- */
-int bitmap_allocate_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order)
-{
-	unsigned int nbits = pos + BIT(order);
-
-	if (find_next_bit(bitmap, pos, nbits) < nbits)
-		return -EBUSY;
-	bitmap_set(bitmap, pos, nbits);
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_allocate_region);
-
 /**
  * bitmap_copy_le - copy a bitmap, putting the bits into little-endian order.
  * @dst:   destination buffer
