diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 740541f6cad9..bae513018849 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -99,18 +99,6 @@ static void mddev_detach(struct mddev *mddev);
 static void export_rdev(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mddev);
 static void md_wakeup_thread_directly(struct md_thread __rcu *thread);
 
-enum md_ro_state {
-	MD_RDWR,
-	MD_RDONLY,
-	MD_AUTO_READ,
-	MD_MAX_STATE
-};
-
-static bool md_is_rdwr(struct mddev *mddev)
-{
-	return (mddev->ro == MD_RDWR);
-}
-
 /*
  * Default number of read corrections we'll attempt on an rdev
  * before ejecting it from the array. We divide the read error
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 0d06d640aa06..db0cb00e4c9a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -559,6 +559,18 @@ enum recovery_flags {
 	MD_RESYNCING_REMOTE,	/* remote node is running resync thread */
 };
 
+enum md_ro_state {
+	MD_RDWR,
+	MD_RDONLY,
+	MD_AUTO_READ,
+	MD_MAX_STATE
+};
+
+static inline bool md_is_rdwr(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	return (mddev->ro == MD_RDWR);
+}
+
 static inline int __must_check mddev_lock(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	return mutex_lock_interruptible(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);