diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
index fb945bce7b184..7d3233a7685c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -160,10 +160,7 @@ static inline void check_highest_zone(enum zone_type k)
 int do_migrate_pages(struct mm_struct *mm, const nodemask_t *from,
 		     const nodemask_t *to, int flags);
 
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
 extern int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol);
-#endif
 
 extern void mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol);