diff --git a/include/linux/array_size.h b/include/linux/array_size.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06d7d83196ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/array_size.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_ARRAY_SIZE_H
+#define _LINUX_ARRAY_SIZE_H
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
+/**
+ * ARRAY_SIZE - get the number of elements in array @arr
+ * @arr: array to be sized
+ */
+#define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]) + __must_be_array(arr))
+
+#endif  /* _LINUX_ARRAY_SIZE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index cee8fe87e9f4..d9ad21058eed 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/stdarg.h>
 #include <linux/align.h>
+#include <linux/array_size.h>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
@@ -50,12 +51,6 @@
 #define READ			0
 #define WRITE			1
 
-/**
- * ARRAY_SIZE - get the number of elements in array @arr
- * @arr: array to be sized
- */
-#define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]) + __must_be_array(arr))
-
 #define PTR_IF(cond, ptr)	((cond) ? (ptr) : NULL)
 
 #define u64_to_user_ptr(x) (		\
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index dbfc66400050..3c920b6d609b 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_STRING_H_
 #define _LINUX_STRING_H_
 
+#include <linux/array_size.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>	/* for inline */
 #include <linux/types.h>	/* for size_t */
 #include <linux/stddef.h>	/* for NULL */