diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index fc56ca2da358..3af6de36a482 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ extern void efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *,
 extern char _text[], _end[], _etext[];
 
 unsigned long ia64_max_cacheline_size;
+
+int dma_get_cache_alignment(void)
+{
+        return ia64_max_cacheline_size;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_get_cache_alignment);
+
 unsigned long ia64_iobase;	/* virtual address for I/O accesses */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ia64_iobase);
 struct io_space io_space[MAX_IO_SPACES];
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/dma-mapping.h b/include/asm-ia64/dma-mapping.h
index 6347c9845642..df67d40801de 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/dma-mapping.h
@@ -48,12 +48,7 @@ dma_set_mask (struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int
-dma_get_cache_alignment (void)
-{
-	extern int ia64_max_cacheline_size;
-	return ia64_max_cacheline_size;
-}
+extern int dma_get_cache_alignment(void);
 
 static inline void
 dma_cache_sync (void *vaddr, size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir)