diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c
index d12deba635bd..66da4918cd74 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include "ddbridge.h"
 #include "ddbridge-regs.h"
+#include "ddbridge-io.h"
 
 #include "tda18271c2dd.h"
 #include "stv6110x.h"
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-i2c.c b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-i2c.c
index 540bbd211c19..3d0aefe05cec 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-i2c.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #include "ddbridge.h"
 #include "ddbridge-regs.h"
+#include "ddbridge-io.h"
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-io.h b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-io.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce92e9484075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-io.h
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * ddbridge-io.h: Digital Devices bridge I/O inline functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Digital Devices GmbH
+ *                         Ralph Metzler <rjkm@metzlerbros.de>
+ *                         Marcus Metzler <mocm@metzlerbros.de>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DDBRIDGE_IO_H__
+#define __DDBRIDGE_IO_H__
+
+#include <linux/io.h>
+
+#include "ddbridge.h"
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+static inline u32 ddblreadl(struct ddb_link *link, u32 adr)
+{
+	return readl((char *) (link->dev->regs + (adr)));
+}
+
+static inline void ddblwritel(struct ddb_link *link, u32 val, u32 adr)
+{
+	writel(val, (char *) (link->dev->regs + (adr)));
+}
+
+static inline u32 ddbreadl(struct ddb *dev, u32 adr)
+{
+	return readl((char *) (dev->regs + (adr)));
+}
+
+static inline void ddbwritel(struct ddb *dev, u32 val, u32 adr)
+{
+	writel(val, (char *) (dev->regs + (adr)));
+}
+
+static inline void ddbcpyto(struct ddb *dev, u32 adr, void *src, long count)
+{
+	return memcpy_toio((char *) (dev->regs + adr), src, count);
+}
+
+static inline void ddbcpyfrom(struct ddb *dev, void *dst, u32 adr, long count)
+{
+	return memcpy_fromio(dst, (char *) (dev->regs + adr), count);
+}
+
+static inline u32 safe_ddbreadl(struct ddb *dev, u32 adr)
+{
+	u32 val = ddbreadl(dev, adr);
+
+	/* (ddb)readl returns (uint)-1 (all bits set) on failure, catch that */
+	if (val == ~0) {
+		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "ddbreadl failure, adr=%08x\n", adr);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return val;
+}
+
+#endif /* __DDBRIDGE_IO_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-main.c b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-main.c
index 8262979b6257..de9da6077ec6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-main.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-main.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #include "ddbridge.h"
 #include "ddbridge-regs.h"
+#include "ddbridge-io.h"
 
 /****************************************************************************/
 /* module parameters */
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge.h b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge.h
index 7fe5820a78ff..fa471481a572 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge.h
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge.h
@@ -353,49 +353,6 @@ struct ddb {
 	u8                     tsbuf[TS_CAPTURE_LEN];
 };
 
-static inline u32 ddblreadl(struct ddb_link *link, u32 adr)
-{
-	return readl((char *) (link->dev->regs + (adr)));
-}
-
-static inline void ddblwritel(struct ddb_link *link, u32 val, u32 adr)
-{
-	writel(val, (char *) (link->dev->regs + (adr)));
-}
-
-static inline u32 ddbreadl(struct ddb *dev, u32 adr)
-{
-	return readl((char *) (dev->regs + (adr)));
-}
-
-static inline void ddbwritel(struct ddb *dev, u32 val, u32 adr)
-{
-	writel(val, (char *) (dev->regs + (adr)));
-}
-
-static inline void ddbcpyto(struct ddb *dev, u32 adr, void *src, long count)
-{
-	return memcpy_toio((char *) (dev->regs + adr), src, count);
-}
-
-static inline void ddbcpyfrom(struct ddb *dev, void *dst, u32 adr, long count)
-{
-	return memcpy_fromio(dst, (char *) (dev->regs + adr), count);
-}
-
-static inline u32 safe_ddbreadl(struct ddb *dev, u32 adr)
-{
-	u32 val = ddbreadl(dev, adr);
-
-	/* (ddb)readl returns (uint)-1 (all bits set) on failure, catch that */
-	if (val == ~0) {
-		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "ddbreadl failure, adr=%08x\n", adr);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return val;
-}
-
 /****************************************************************************/
 /****************************************************************************/
 /****************************************************************************/
