diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 87eb3bf..58f74d2 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 obj-y += bcd.o div64.o sort.o parser.o halfmd4.o debug_locks.o random32.o \
 	 bust_spinlocks.o kasprintf.o bitmap.o scatterlist.o \
-	 gcd.o lcm.o list_sort.o uuid.o flex_array.o clz_ctz.o \
+	 gcd.o lcm.o list_sort.o uuid.o flex_array.o iov_iter.o clz_ctz.o \
 	 bsearch.o find_last_bit.o find_next_bit.o llist.o memweight.o kfifo.o \
 	 percpu-refcount.o percpu_ida.o rhashtable.o reciprocal_div.o
 obj-y += string_helpers.o
diff --git a/mm/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
similarity index 100%
rename from mm/iov_iter.c
rename to lib/iov_iter.c
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 3c1caa2..15dbe99 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 			   mm_init.o mmu_context.o percpu.o slab_common.o \
 			   compaction.o vmacache.o \
 			   interval_tree.o list_lru.o workingset.o \
-			   iov_iter.o debug.o $(mmu-y)
+			   debug.o $(mmu-y)
 
 obj-y += init-mm.o