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diff --git a/include/linux/wordpart.h b/include/linux/wordpart.h
index f6f8f83b15b0..4ca1ba66d2f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/wordpart.h
+++ b/include/linux/wordpart.h
@@ -39,4 +39,11 @@
*/
#define REPEAT_BYTE(x) ((~0ul / 0xff) * (x))
+/* Set bits in the first 'n' bytes when loaded from memory */
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+# define aligned_byte_mask(n) ((1UL << 8*(n))-1)
+#else
+# define aligned_byte_mask(n) (~0xffUL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 8 - 8*(n)))
+#endif
+
#endif // _LINUX_WORDPART_H