diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index eceac38f3c65..cdee648d2ad0 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ obj-y     = fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o printk.o \
 	    sysctl.o sysctl_binary.o capability.o ptrace.o timer.o user.o \
 	    signal.o sys.o kmod.o workqueue.o pid.o task_work.o \
 	    rcupdate.o extable.o params.o posix-timers.o \
-	    kthread.o wait.o kfifo.o sys_ni.o posix-cpu-timers.o mutex.o \
+	    kthread.o wait.o sys_ni.o posix-cpu-timers.o mutex.o \
 	    hrtimer.o rwsem.o nsproxy.o srcu.o semaphore.o \
 	    notifier.o ksysfs.o cred.o \
 	    async.o range.o groups.o lglock.o smpboot.o
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 02ed6c04cd7d..d7946ff75b2e 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ lib-y	+= kobject.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 lcm.o list_sort.o uuid.o flex_array.o \
-	 bsearch.o find_last_bit.o find_next_bit.o llist.o memweight.o
+	 bsearch.o find_last_bit.o find_next_bit.o llist.o memweight.o kfifo.o
 obj-y += kstrtox.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_KSTRTOX) += test-kstrtox.o
 
diff --git a/kernel/kfifo.c b/lib/kfifo.c
similarity index 100%
rename from kernel/kfifo.c
rename to lib/kfifo.c