diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 7b9b75a529be04fef475c57b30bf351e19695e7b..1ffdb9856bb9fcc0592a939e98de7447e10266af 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -810,11 +810,10 @@ static inline const struct cpumask *get_cpu_mask(unsigned int cpu)
 #else /* NR_CPUS > 1 */
 int __first_cpu(const cpumask_t *srcp);
 int __next_cpu(int n, const cpumask_t *srcp);
-int __any_online_cpu(const cpumask_t *mask);
 
 #define first_cpu(src)		__first_cpu(&(src))
 #define next_cpu(n, src)	__next_cpu((n), &(src))
-#define any_online_cpu(mask) __any_online_cpu(&(mask))
+#define any_online_cpu(mask) cpumask_any_and(&mask, cpu_online_mask)
 #define for_each_cpu_mask(cpu, mask)			\
 	for ((cpu) = -1;				\
 		(cpu) = next_cpu((cpu), (mask)),	\
diff --git a/lib/cpumask.c b/lib/cpumask.c
index 0b660118ed91d1323140b5cf1a503ee44ecb3aa6..402a54ac35cbf60f665485ddd18500d5034e9ee9 100644
--- a/lib/cpumask.c
+++ b/lib/cpumask.c
@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@ int __next_cpu_nr(int n, const cpumask_t *srcp)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__next_cpu_nr);
 #endif
 
-int __any_online_cpu(const cpumask_t *mask)
-{
-	int cpu;
-
-	for_each_cpu(cpu, mask) {
-		if (cpu_online(cpu))
-			break;
-	}
-	return cpu;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__any_online_cpu);
-
 /**
  * cpumask_next_and - get the next cpu in *src1p & *src2p
  * @n: the cpu prior to the place to search (ie. return will be > @n)