diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index b9e76f717a7e..cee8fe87e9f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/panic.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <linux/build_bug.h>
+#include <linux/sprintf.h>
 #include <linux/static_call_types.h>
 #include <linux/instruction_pointer.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
@@ -203,35 +204,6 @@ static inline void might_fault(void) { }
 
 void do_exit(long error_code) __noreturn;
 
-extern int num_to_str(char *buf, int size,
-		      unsigned long long num, unsigned int width);
-
-/* lib/printf utilities */
-
-extern __printf(2, 3) int sprintf(char *buf, const char * fmt, ...);
-extern __printf(2, 0) int vsprintf(char *buf, const char *, va_list);
-extern __printf(3, 4)
-int snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...);
-extern __printf(3, 0)
-int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
-extern __printf(3, 4)
-int scnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...);
-extern __printf(3, 0)
-int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
-extern __printf(2, 3) __malloc
-char *kasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...);
-extern __printf(2, 0) __malloc
-char *kvasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list args);
-extern __printf(2, 0)
-const char *kvasprintf_const(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list args);
-
-extern __scanf(2, 3)
-int sscanf(const char *, const char *, ...);
-extern __scanf(2, 0)
-int vsscanf(const char *, const char *, va_list);
-
-extern int no_hash_pointers_enable(char *str);
-
 extern int get_option(char **str, int *pint);
 extern char *get_options(const char *str, int nints, int *ints);
 extern unsigned long long memparse(const char *ptr, char **retptr);
diff --git a/include/linux/sprintf.h b/include/linux/sprintf.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ca23bcf9f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/sprintf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_KERNEL_SPRINTF_H_
+#define _LINUX_KERNEL_SPRINTF_H_
+
+#include <linux/compiler_attributes.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+int num_to_str(char *buf, int size, unsigned long long num, unsigned int width);
+
+__printf(2, 3) int sprintf(char *buf, const char * fmt, ...);
+__printf(2, 0) int vsprintf(char *buf, const char *, va_list);
+__printf(3, 4) int snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...);
+__printf(3, 0) int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+__printf(3, 4) int scnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...);
+__printf(3, 0) int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+__printf(2, 3) __malloc char *kasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...);
+__printf(2, 0) __malloc char *kvasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+__printf(2, 0) const char *kvasprintf_const(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+
+__scanf(2, 3) int sscanf(const char *, const char *, ...);
+__scanf(2, 0) int vsscanf(const char *, const char *, va_list);
+
+int no_hash_pointers_enable(char *str);
+
+#endif	/* _LINUX_KERNEL_SPRINTF_H */
diff --git a/lib/test_printf.c b/lib/test_printf.c
index 7677ebccf3c3..ce749cfac033 100644
--- a/lib/test_printf.c
+++ b/lib/test_printf.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/rtc.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/sprintf.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 40f560959b16..afb88b24fa74 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
 #include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/rtc.h>
+#include <linux/sprintf.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>