diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 4c26dc3a8295a9fb2910dcb18946ee86f54ceac8..7ae256717a3243375d4c4260d3d7cfae31ce3265 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ 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);
 extern bool parse_option_str(const char *str, const char *option);
+extern char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val);
 
 extern int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr);
 extern int core_kernel_data(unsigned long addr);
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index a6d6149c0fe60df1ca38d9a66acef281b78ee79d..60b2d8101355fedcfd8dfee99f8a2fa467ea99d9 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -160,58 +160,6 @@ static int parse_one(char *param,
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-/* You can use " around spaces, but can't escape ". */
-/* Hyphens and underscores equivalent in parameter names. */
-static char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val)
-{
-	unsigned int i, equals = 0;
-	int in_quote = 0, quoted = 0;
-	char *next;
-
-	if (*args == '"') {
-		args++;
-		in_quote = 1;
-		quoted = 1;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; args[i]; i++) {
-		if (isspace(args[i]) && !in_quote)
-			break;
-		if (equals == 0) {
-			if (args[i] == '=')
-				equals = i;
-		}
-		if (args[i] == '"')
-			in_quote = !in_quote;
-	}
-
-	*param = args;
-	if (!equals)
-		*val = NULL;
-	else {
-		args[equals] = '\0';
-		*val = args + equals + 1;
-
-		/* Don't include quotes in value. */
-		if (**val == '"') {
-			(*val)++;
-			if (args[i-1] == '"')
-				args[i-1] = '\0';
-		}
-	}
-	if (quoted && args[i-1] == '"')
-		args[i-1] = '\0';
-
-	if (args[i]) {
-		args[i] = '\0';
-		next = args + i + 1;
-	} else
-		next = args + i;
-
-	/* Chew up trailing spaces. */
-	return skip_spaces(next);
-}
-
 /* Args looks like "foo=bar,bar2 baz=fuz wiz". */
 char *parse_args(const char *doing,
 		 char *args,
diff --git a/lib/cmdline.c b/lib/cmdline.c
index 8f13cf73c2ecf916c203ef7e963d250a113c3dee..3c6432df7e63466a24d41dead807c7ef14c0ab86 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline.c
+++ b/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 /*
  *	If a hyphen was found in get_option, this will handle the
@@ -189,3 +190,59 @@ bool parse_option_str(const char *str, const char *option)
 
 	return false;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Parse a string to get a param value pair.
+ * You can use " around spaces, but can't escape ".
+ * Hyphens and underscores equivalent in parameter names.
+ */
+char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val)
+{
+	unsigned int i, equals = 0;
+	int in_quote = 0, quoted = 0;
+	char *next;
+
+	if (*args == '"') {
+		args++;
+		in_quote = 1;
+		quoted = 1;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; args[i]; i++) {
+		if (isspace(args[i]) && !in_quote)
+			break;
+		if (equals == 0) {
+			if (args[i] == '=')
+				equals = i;
+		}
+		if (args[i] == '"')
+			in_quote = !in_quote;
+	}
+
+	*param = args;
+	if (!equals)
+		*val = NULL;
+	else {
+		args[equals] = '\0';
+		*val = args + equals + 1;
+
+		/* Don't include quotes in value. */
+		if (**val == '"') {
+			(*val)++;
+			if (args[i-1] == '"')
+				args[i-1] = '\0';
+		}
+	}
+	if (quoted && args[i-1] == '"')
+		args[i-1] = '\0';
+
+	if (args[i]) {
+		args[i] = '\0';
+		next = args + i + 1;
+	} else
+		next = args + i;
+
+	/* Chew up trailing spaces. */
+	return skip_spaces(next);
+	//return next;
+}