diff --git a/fs/xfs/support/debug.c b/fs/xfs/support/debug.c
index fa4fb1820e75..c27abef7b84f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/support/debug.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/support/debug.c
@@ -80,3 +80,9 @@ assfail(char *expr, char *file, int line)
 	printk("Assertion failed: %s, file: %s, line: %d\n", expr, file, line);
 	BUG();
 }
+
+void
+xfs_hex_dump(void *p, int length)
+{
+	print_hex_dump(KERN_ALERT, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1, p, length, 1);
+}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
index a4634d94e561..05e5365d3c31 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
@@ -230,37 +230,6 @@ xfs_error_report(
 	}
 }
 
-STATIC void
-xfs_hex_dump(void *p, int length)
-{
-	__uint8_t *uip = (__uint8_t*)p;
-	int	i;
-	char	sbuf[128], *s;
-
-	s = sbuf;
-	*s = '\0';
-	for (i=0; i<length; i++, uip++) {
-		if ((i % 16) == 0) {
-			if (*s != '\0')
-				cmn_err(CE_ALERT, "%s\n", sbuf);
-			s = sbuf;
-			sprintf(s, "0x%x: ", i);
-			while( *s != '\0')
-				s++;
-		}
-		sprintf(s, "%02x ", *uip);
-
-		/*
-		 * the kernel sprintf is a void; user sprintf returns
-		 * the sprintf'ed string's length.  Find the new end-
-		 * of-string
-		 */
-		while( *s != '\0')
-			s++;
-	}
-	cmn_err(CE_ALERT, "%s\n", sbuf);
-}
-
 void
 xfs_corruption_error(
 	char		*tag,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
index 10e9d9619ae5..6490d2a9f8e1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ extern void xfs_cmn_err(int panic_tag, int level, struct xfs_mount *mp,
 /* PRINTFLIKE3 */
 extern void xfs_fs_cmn_err(int level, struct xfs_mount *mp, char *fmt, ...);
 
+extern void xfs_hex_dump(void *p, int length);
+
 #define xfs_fs_repair_cmn_err(level, mp, fmt, args...) \
 	xfs_fs_cmn_err(level, mp, fmt "  Unmount and run xfs_repair.", ## args)