diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index dcafe0b..50e2c16 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
  * bitmap_set(dst, pos, nbits)			Set specified bit area
  * bitmap_clear(dst, pos, nbits)		Clear specified bit area
  * bitmap_find_next_zero_area(buf, len, pos, n, mask)	Find bit free area
+ * bitmap_find_next_zero_area_off(buf, len, pos, n, mask)	as above
  * bitmap_shift_right(dst, src, n, nbits)	*dst = *src >> n
  * bitmap_shift_left(dst, src, n, nbits)	*dst = *src << n
  * bitmap_remap(dst, src, old, new, nbits)	*dst = map(old, new)(src)
@@ -114,11 +115,24 @@
 
 extern void bitmap_set(unsigned long *map, int i, int len);
 extern void bitmap_clear(unsigned long *map, int start, int nr);
-extern unsigned long bitmap_find_next_zero_area(unsigned long *map,
-					 unsigned long size,
-					 unsigned long start,
-					 unsigned int nr,
-					 unsigned long align_mask);
+
+extern unsigned long bitmap_find_next_zero_area_off(unsigned long *map,
+						    unsigned long size,
+						    unsigned long start,
+						    unsigned int nr,
+						    unsigned long align_mask,
+						    unsigned long align_offset);
+
+static inline unsigned long
+bitmap_find_next_zero_area(unsigned long *map,
+			   unsigned long size,
+			   unsigned long start,
+			   unsigned int nr,
+			   unsigned long align_mask)
+{
+	return bitmap_find_next_zero_area_off(map, size, start, nr,
+					      align_mask, 0);
+}
 
 extern int bitmap_scnprintf(char *buf, unsigned int len,
 			const unsigned long *src, int nbits);