diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
index e82c44aa029a7392f06138cf0a383925391b1179..4eb73959ce0564e452b9dd58c4e7178b48fcbcf8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
@@ -366,6 +366,18 @@ static inline unsigned long get_xmm(int n)
 bool is_intel_cpu(void);
 bool is_amd_cpu(void);
 
+static inline unsigned int x86_family(unsigned int eax)
+{
+        unsigned int x86;
+
+        x86 = (eax >> 8) & 0xf;
+
+        if (x86 == 0xf)
+                x86 += (eax >> 20) & 0xff;
+
+        return x86;
+}
+
 struct kvm_x86_state *vcpu_save_state(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint32_t vcpuid);
 void vcpu_load_state(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint32_t vcpuid,
 		     struct kvm_x86_state *state);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
index 6bf01ded3776ab445d0af8a279a6ab6be6c51f07..59dcfe1967cc6504d3d063da2d78c43e9faa267a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
@@ -1516,18 +1516,6 @@ struct kvm_cpuid2 *vcpu_get_supported_hv_cpuid(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint32_t vcpui
 	return cpuid;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned x86_family(unsigned int eax)
-{
-        unsigned int x86;
-
-        x86 = (eax >> 8) & 0xf;
-
-        if (x86 == 0xf)
-                x86 += (eax >> 20) & 0xff;
-
-        return x86;
-}
-
 unsigned long vm_compute_max_gfn(struct kvm_vm *vm)
 {
 	const unsigned long num_ht_pages = 12 << (30 - vm->page_shift); /* 12 GiB */