diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 82e7db7f7100..49dfe40b3673 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -161,30 +161,8 @@ static inline unsigned long zone_page_state_snapshot(struct zone *zone,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-/*
- * Determine the per node value of a stat item. This function
- * is called frequently in a NUMA machine, so try to be as
- * frugal as possible.
- */
-static inline unsigned long node_page_state(int node,
-				 enum zone_stat_item item)
-{
-	struct zone *zones = NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones;
-
-	return
-#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
-		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_DMA], item) +
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
-		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_DMA32], item) +
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM], item) +
-#endif
-		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_NORMAL], item) +
-		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_MOVABLE], item);
-}
 
+extern unsigned long node_page_state(int node, enum zone_stat_item item);
 extern void zone_statistics(struct zone *, struct zone *, gfp_t gfp);
 
 #else
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index fbf14485a049..ffcb4f58bf3e 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -591,6 +591,28 @@ void zone_statistics(struct zone *preferred_zone, struct zone *z, gfp_t flags)
 	else
 		__inc_zone_state(z, NUMA_OTHER);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Determine the per node value of a stat item.
+ */
+unsigned long node_page_state(int node, enum zone_stat_item item)
+{
+	struct zone *zones = NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones;
+
+	return
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
+		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_DMA], item) +
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
+		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_DMA32], item) +
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
+		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM], item) +
+#endif
+		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_NORMAL], item) +
+		zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_MOVABLE], item);
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION