diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index cb3c3ef..38c2fb7 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@
 	return order;	/* We could be slightly more clever with -1 here... */
 }
 
+static __inline__ int get_count_order(unsigned int count)
+{
+	int order;
+	
+	order = fls(count) - 1;
+	if (count & (count - 1))
+		order++;
+	return order;
+}
+
 /*
  * hweightN: returns the hamming weight (i.e. the number
  * of bits set) of a N-bit word