diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/bfin_ksyms.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/bfin_ksyms.c
index ed8392c..2c264b5 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/bfin_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/bfin_ksyms.c
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memchr);
 
 /*
+ * Because string functions are both inline and exported functions and
+ * folder arch/blackfin/lib is configured as a library path in Makefile,
+ * symbols exported in folder lib  is not linked into built-in.o but
+ * inlined only. In order to export string symbols to kernel module
+ * properly, they should be exported here.
+ */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcpy);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcmp);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncmp);
+
+/*
  * libgcc functions - functions that are used internally by the
  * compiler...  (prototypes are not correct though, but that
  * doesn't really matter since they're not versioned).