diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c
index 189179a..e0f4c34 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c
@@ -155,14 +155,6 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static u64 __init dt_mem_next_cell(int s, cell_t **cellp)
-{
-	cell_t *p = *cellp;
-
-	*cellp = p + s;
-	return of_read_number(p, s);
-}
-
 static int __init early_init_dt_scan_memory(unsigned long node,
 				const char *uname, int depth, void *data)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 78f65a4..048e3a3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -432,14 +432,6 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static u64 __init dt_mem_next_cell(int s, cell_t **cellp)
-{
-	cell_t *p = *cellp;
-
-	*cellp = p + s;
-	return of_read_number(p, s);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES
 /*
  * Interpret the ibm,dynamic-memory property in the
diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
index be200be..ebce509 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -432,6 +432,14 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+u64 __init dt_mem_next_cell(int s, u32 **cellp)
+{
+	u32 *p = *cellp;
+
+	*cellp = p + s;
+	return of_read_number(p, s);
+}
+
 /**
  * unflatten_device_tree - create tree of device_nodes from flat blob
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/of_fdt.h b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
index 828c3cd..d1a37e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_fdt.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 extern int of_flat_dt_is_compatible(unsigned long node, const char *name);
 extern unsigned long of_get_flat_dt_root(void);
 extern void early_init_dt_check_for_initrd(unsigned long node);
+extern u64 dt_mem_next_cell(int s, u32 **cellp);
 
 /* Early flat tree scan hooks */
 extern int early_init_dt_scan_root(unsigned long node, const char *uname,