diff --git a/crypto/md4.c b/crypto/md4.c
index 3515af425cc917b60669c6dbb1a460f1da1919c4..810fefb0a007a3f26d8323617418017e52f68345 100644
--- a/crypto/md4.c
+++ b/crypto/md4.c
@@ -64,23 +64,6 @@ static inline u32 H(u32 x, u32 y, u32 z)
 #define ROUND2(a,b,c,d,k,s) (a = lshift(a + G(b,c,d) + k + (u32)0x5A827999,s))
 #define ROUND3(a,b,c,d,k,s) (a = lshift(a + H(b,c,d) + k + (u32)0x6ED9EBA1,s))
 
-/* XXX: this stuff can be optimized */
-static inline void le32_to_cpu_array(u32 *buf, unsigned int words)
-{
-	while (words--) {
-		__le32_to_cpus(buf);
-		buf++;
-	}
-}
-
-static inline void cpu_to_le32_array(u32 *buf, unsigned int words)
-{
-	while (words--) {
-		__cpu_to_le32s(buf);
-		buf++;
-	}
-}
-
 static void md4_transform(u32 *hash, u32 const *in)
 {
 	u32 a, b, c, d;
diff --git a/crypto/md5.c b/crypto/md5.c
index f7ae1a48225ba1b238d0fa651a2539ad8d4070a7..f776ef43d6217699d5b3f1e035f4f6a7ff39a009 100644
--- a/crypto/md5.c
+++ b/crypto/md5.c
@@ -32,23 +32,6 @@ const u8 md5_zero_message_hash[MD5_DIGEST_SIZE] = {
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md5_zero_message_hash);
 
-/* XXX: this stuff can be optimized */
-static inline void le32_to_cpu_array(u32 *buf, unsigned int words)
-{
-	while (words--) {
-		__le32_to_cpus(buf);
-		buf++;
-	}
-}
-
-static inline void cpu_to_le32_array(u32 *buf, unsigned int words)
-{
-	while (words--) {
-		__cpu_to_le32s(buf);
-		buf++;
-	}
-}
-
 #define F1(x, y, z)	(z ^ (x & (y ^ z)))
 #define F2(x, y, z)	F1(z, x, y)
 #define F3(x, y, z)	(x ^ y ^ z)
diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h b/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
index 451aaa0786aed9c6d7378a500fe9e220b165cc6e..4b13e0a3e15b2207cf6030d2ee8b2ecc7aef785c 100644
--- a/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
+++ b/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
@@ -156,6 +156,23 @@ static inline void le64_add_cpu(__le64 *var, u64 val)
 	*var = cpu_to_le64(le64_to_cpu(*var) + val);
 }
 
+/* XXX: this stuff can be optimized */
+static inline void le32_to_cpu_array(u32 *buf, unsigned int words)
+{
+	while (words--) {
+		__le32_to_cpus(buf);
+		buf++;
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void cpu_to_le32_array(u32 *buf, unsigned int words)
+{
+	while (words--) {
+		__cpu_to_le32s(buf);
+		buf++;
+	}
+}
+
 static inline void be16_add_cpu(__be16 *var, u16 val)
 {
 	*var = cpu_to_be16(be16_to_cpu(*var) + val);