diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 44c8f760600..4ccda2b5f57 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ static inline int is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(const void *x)
 }
 #endif
 
+extern void kvfree(const void *addr);
+
 static inline void compound_lock(struct page *page)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index ab1424dbe2e..36aa4815e3d 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/swapops.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -384,6 +385,15 @@ unsigned long vm_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_mmap);
 
+void kvfree(const void *addr)
+{
+	if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr))
+		vfree(addr);
+	else
+		kfree(addr);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvfree);
+
 struct address_space *page_mapping(struct page *page)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h b/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
index 40aedd9f73e..4a8cbfeef8b 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ extern int apparmor_initialized __initdata;
 char *aa_split_fqname(char *args, char **ns_name);
 void aa_info_message(const char *str);
 void *kvmalloc(size_t size);
-void kvfree(void *buffer);
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lib.c b/security/apparmor/lib.c
index 7430298116d..b392e960346 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lib.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lib.c
@@ -104,34 +104,3 @@ void *kvmalloc(size_t size)
 	return buffer;
 }
 
-/**
- * do_vfree - workqueue routine for freeing vmalloced memory
- * @work: data to be freed
- *
- * The work_struct is overlaid to the data being freed, as at the point
- * the work is scheduled the data is no longer valid, be its freeing
- * needs to be delayed until safe.
- */
-static void do_vfree(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	vfree(work);
-}
-
-/**
- * kvfree - free an allocation do by kvmalloc
- * @buffer: buffer to free (MAYBE_NULL)
- *
- * Free a buffer allocated by kvmalloc
- */
-void kvfree(void *buffer)
-{
-	if (is_vmalloc_addr(buffer)) {
-		/* Data is no longer valid so just use the allocated space
-		 * as the work_struct
-		 */
-		struct work_struct *work = (struct work_struct *) buffer;
-		INIT_WORK(work, do_vfree);
-		schedule_work(work);
-	} else
-		kfree(buffer);
-}