diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h b/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h
index 6c3c0f6c261..bdfcc252797 100644
--- a/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h
@@ -68,11 +68,7 @@ extern int __down_write_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
 extern void __up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
 extern void __up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
 extern void __downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
-
-static inline int rwsem_is_locked(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	return (sem->activity != 0);
-}
+extern int rwsem_is_locked(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_RWSEM_SPINLOCK_H */
diff --git a/lib/rwsem-spinlock.c b/lib/rwsem-spinlock.c
index 39a74110f55..ccf95bff798 100644
--- a/lib/rwsem-spinlock.c
+++ b/lib/rwsem-spinlock.c
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ struct rwsem_waiter {
 #define RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE	0x00000002
 };
 
+int rwsem_is_locked(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	int ret = 1;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (spin_trylock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags)) {
+		ret = (sem->activity != 0);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rwsem_is_locked);
+
 /*
  * initialise the semaphore
  */