diff --git a/lnet/include/libcfs/user-bitops.h b/lnet/include/libcfs/user-bitops.h
index 0c8aae9ea38d1da0b42e42c9783fbe8f51328dc0..3147f72cf7e8018b62d0f2c616e08f6a8a79d1d9 100644
--- a/lnet/include/libcfs/user-bitops.h
+++ b/lnet/include/libcfs/user-bitops.h
@@ -74,6 +74,41 @@ static __inline__ int test_bit(int nr, const unsigned long *addr)
 }
 
 /* using binary seach */
+static __inline__ unsigned long __fls(long data)
+{
+	int pos = 32;
+
+	if (!data)
+		return 0;
+
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
+        if ((data & 0xFFFFFFFF) == 0)
+                data <<= 32;
+#endif
+
+	if (!(data & 0xFFFF0000u)) {
+		data <<= 16;
+		pos -= 16;
+	}
+	if (!(data & 0xFF000000u)) {
+		data <<= 8;
+		pos -= 8;
+	}
+	if (!(data & 0xF0000000u)) {
+		data <<= 4;
+		pos -= 4;
+	}
+	if (!(data & 0xC0000000u)) {
+		data <<= 2;
+		pos -= 2;
+	}
+	if (!(data & 0x80000000u)) {
+		data <<= 1;
+		pos -= 1;
+	}
+	return pos;
+}
+
 static __inline__ unsigned long __ffs(long data)
 {
         int pos = 0;
@@ -107,6 +142,7 @@ static __inline__ unsigned long __ffs(long data)
 }
 
 #define __ffz(x)	__ffs(~(x))
+#define __flz(x)	__fls(~(x))
 
 unsigned long find_next_bit(unsigned long *addr,
                             unsigned long size, unsigned long offset);