diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 31e7a9375c1333cc35ab40d565c5c1ed4e8703e7..4c4700dca56a0962326a3e3bc202b9c91ec67c6e 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>	/* for max_pfn/max_low_pfn */
 #include <linux/gcd.h>
+#include <linux/lcm.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 
 #include "blk.h"
@@ -461,16 +462,6 @@ void blk_queue_stack_limits(struct request_queue *t, struct request_queue *b)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_stack_limits);
 
-static unsigned int lcm(unsigned int a, unsigned int b)
-{
-	if (a && b)
-		return (a * b) / gcd(a, b);
-	else if (b)
-		return b;
-
-	return a;
-}
-
 /**
  * blk_stack_limits - adjust queue_limits for stacked devices
  * @t:	the stacking driver limits (top device)
diff --git a/include/linux/lcm.h b/include/linux/lcm.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7bf01d779b4532a5a8d168d0ff91fd08d5228e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/lcm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef _LCM_H
+#define _LCM_H
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
+unsigned long lcm(unsigned long a, unsigned long b) __attribute_const__;
+
+#endif /* _LCM_H */
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 2e152aed71980852a4a682a6e98082a01d7048be..0d4015205c642a844ba3a417a7b05a8f530bf014 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ lib-y	+= kobject.o kref.o klist.o
 
 obj-y += bcd.o div64.o sort.o parser.o halfmd4.o debug_locks.o random32.o \
 	 bust_spinlocks.o hexdump.o kasprintf.o bitmap.o scatterlist.o \
-	 string_helpers.o gcd.o list_sort.o
+	 string_helpers.o gcd.o lcm.o list_sort.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT),y)
 CFLAGS_kobject.o += -DDEBUG
diff --git a/lib/lcm.c b/lib/lcm.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..157cd88a6ffc432f8af36dff1a0a949685299cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/lcm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/gcd.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+/* Lowest common multiple */
+unsigned long lcm(unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
+{
+	if (a && b)
+		return (a * b) / gcd(a, b);
+	else if (b)
+		return b;
+
+	return a;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lcm);