diff --git a/include/compiler.h b/include/compiler.h
index e602cce2e9b99fc5f86b6523972ec909bf127fa1..332618e9de9c04282433030c87b1b2272556ccb5 100644
--- a/include/compiler.h
+++ b/include/compiler.h
@@ -125,4 +125,7 @@ typedef unsigned int            uintptr_t;
 /* compiler options */
 #define uninitialized_var(x)		x = x
 
+#define likely(x)	__builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
+#define unlikely(x)	__builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/compat.h b/include/linux/mtd/compat.h
index f0c8464db5a47b5517f8117f001bb92c0f8338cc..39c693f7a8c0a50ab1addfe1b90696908dd373e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/compat.h
@@ -48,8 +48,5 @@
 #define BUG_ON(condition) do { if (condition) BUG(); } while(0)
 #endif /* BUG */
 
-#define likely(x)	__builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
-#define unlikely(x)	__builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
-
 #define PAGE_SIZE	4096
 #endif