diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild
index d51df17c7e6f..7e313f1ed183 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ header-y += termios.h
 header-y += types.h
 header-y += ucontext.h
 header-y += unistd.h
+
+generic-y += rwsem.h
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/rwsem.h
deleted file mode 100644
index bb1e2cdeb9bf..000000000000
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_RWSEM_H
-#define _ASM_POWERPC_RWSEM_H
-
-#ifndef _LINUX_RWSEM_H
-#error "Please don't include <asm/rwsem.h> directly, use <linux/rwsem.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
-/*
- * R/W semaphores for PPC using the stuff in lib/rwsem.c.
- * Adapted largely from include/asm-i386/rwsem.h
- * by Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>.
- */
-
-/*
- * the semaphore definition
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-# define RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK		0xffffffffL
-#else
-# define RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK		0x0000ffffL
-#endif
-
-#define RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE		0x00000000L
-#define RWSEM_ACTIVE_BIAS		0x00000001L
-#define RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS		(-RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK-1)
-#define RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS		RWSEM_ACTIVE_BIAS
-#define RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS		(RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS + RWSEM_ACTIVE_BIAS)
-
-/*
- * lock for reading
- */
-static inline void __down_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	if (unlikely(atomic_long_inc_return((atomic_long_t *)&sem->count) <= 0))
-		rwsem_down_read_failed(sem);
-}
-
-static inline int __down_read_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	long tmp;
-
-	while ((tmp = sem->count) >= 0) {
-		if (tmp == cmpxchg(&sem->count, tmp,
-				   tmp + RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS)) {
-			return 1;
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * lock for writing
- */
-static inline void __down_write_nested(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int subclass)
-{
-	long tmp;
-
-	tmp = atomic_long_add_return(RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS,
-				     (atomic_long_t *)&sem->count);
-	if (unlikely(tmp != RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS))
-		rwsem_down_write_failed(sem);
-}
-
-static inline void __down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	__down_write_nested(sem, 0);
-}
-
-static inline int __down_write_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	long tmp;
-
-	tmp = cmpxchg(&sem->count, RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE,
-		      RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS);
-	return tmp == RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE;
-}
-
-/*
- * unlock after reading
- */
-static inline void __up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	long tmp;
-
-	tmp = atomic_long_dec_return((atomic_long_t *)&sem->count);
-	if (unlikely(tmp < -1 && (tmp & RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK) == 0))
-		rwsem_wake(sem);
-}
-
-/*
- * unlock after writing
- */
-static inline void __up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	if (unlikely(atomic_long_sub_return(RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS,
-				 (atomic_long_t *)&sem->count) < 0))
-		rwsem_wake(sem);
-}
-
-/*
- * implement atomic add functionality
- */
-static inline void rwsem_atomic_add(long delta, struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	atomic_long_add(delta, (atomic_long_t *)&sem->count);
-}
-
-/*
- * downgrade write lock to read lock
- */
-static inline void __downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	long tmp;
-
-	tmp = atomic_long_add_return(-RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS,
-				     (atomic_long_t *)&sem->count);
-	if (tmp < 0)
-		rwsem_downgrade_wake(sem);
-}
-
-/*
- * implement exchange and add functionality
- */
-static inline long rwsem_atomic_update(long delta, struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	return atomic_long_add_return(delta, (atomic_long_t *)&sem->count);
-}
-
-#endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
-#endif	/* _ASM_POWERPC_RWSEM_H */