diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h
index 832da82..686247d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h
@@ -221,6 +221,14 @@ extern void set_iounmap_nonlazy(void);
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+void memcpy_fromio(void *, const volatile void __iomem *, size_t);
+void memcpy_toio(volatile void __iomem *, const void *, size_t);
+void memset_io(volatile void __iomem *, int, size_t);
+
+#define memcpy_fromio memcpy_fromio
+#define memcpy_toio memcpy_toio
+#define memset_io memset_io
+
 #include <asm-generic/iomap.h>
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
index 7ad41bf..4e4194e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
@@ -7,24 +7,6 @@
 
 /* Written 2002 by Andi Kleen */
 
-/* Only used for special circumstances. Stolen from i386/string.h */
-static __always_inline void *__inline_memcpy(void *to, const void *from, size_t n)
-{
-	unsigned long d0, d1, d2;
-	asm volatile("rep ; movsl\n\t"
-		     "testb $2,%b4\n\t"
-		     "je 1f\n\t"
-		     "movsw\n"
-		     "1:\ttestb $1,%b4\n\t"
-		     "je 2f\n\t"
-		     "movsb\n"
-		     "2:"
-		     : "=&c" (d0), "=&D" (d1), "=&S" (d2)
-		     : "0" (n / 4), "q" (n), "1" ((long)to), "2" ((long)from)
-		     : "memory");
-	return to;
-}
-
 /* Even with __builtin_ the compiler may decide to use the out of line
    function. */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
index 25a972c..ce28829 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 lib-$(CONFIG_RETPOLINE) += retpoline.o
 
 obj-y += msr.o msr-reg.o msr-reg-export.o hweight.o
+obj-y += iomem.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
         obj-y += atomic64_32.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/iomem.c b/arch/x86/lib/iomem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66894675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/iomem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+
+/* Originally from i386/string.h */
+static __always_inline void __iomem_memcpy(void *to, const void *from, size_t n)
+{
+	unsigned long d0, d1, d2;
+	asm volatile("rep ; movsl\n\t"
+		     "testb $2,%b4\n\t"
+		     "je 1f\n\t"
+		     "movsw\n"
+		     "1:\ttestb $1,%b4\n\t"
+		     "je 2f\n\t"
+		     "movsb\n"
+		     "2:"
+		     : "=&c" (d0), "=&D" (d1), "=&S" (d2)
+		     : "0" (n / 4), "q" (n), "1" ((long)to), "2" ((long)from)
+		     : "memory");
+}
+
+void memcpy_fromio(void *to, const volatile void __iomem *from, size_t n)
+{
+	__iomem_memcpy(to, (const void *)from, n);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy_fromio);
+
+void memcpy_toio(volatile void __iomem *to, const void *from, size_t n)
+{
+	__iomem_memcpy((void *)to, (const void *) from, n);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy_toio);
+
+void memset_io(volatile void __iomem *a, int b, size_t c)
+{
+	/*
+	 * TODO: memset can mangle the IO patterns quite a bit.
+	 * perhaps it would be better to use a dumb one:
+	 */
+	memset((void *)a, b, c);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset_io);