diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index b850886..168dad1 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRRCHR
 extern char * strrchr(const char *,int);
 #endif
+extern char * __must_check skip_spaces(const char *);
 extern char * __must_check strstrip(char *);
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSTR
 extern char * strstr(const char *,const char *);