--- a/include/linux/compat-2.6.38.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat-2.6.38.h
@@ -8,23 +8,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 
-/*
- * This is not part of The 2.6.37 kernel yet but we
- * we use it to optimize the backport code we
- * need to implement. Instead of using ifdefs
- * to check what version of the check we use
- * we just replace all checks on current code
- * with this. I'll submit this upstream too, that
- * way all we'd have to do is to implement this
- * for older kernels, then we would not have to
- * edit the upstrema code for backport efforts.
- */
-#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,36))
-#define br_port_exists(dev)	(dev->priv_flags & IFF_BRIDGE_PORT)
-#else
-#define br_port_exists(dev)	(dev->br_port)
-#endif
-
 /* rename member in struct mmc_host in include/linux/mmc/host.h */
 #define max_segs	max_hw_segs
 
--- a/include/linux/compat-2.6.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat-2.6.h
@@ -32,4 +32,21 @@
 #include <linux/compat-2.6.37.h>
 #include <linux/compat-2.6.38.h>
 
+/*
+ * This is not part of The 2.6.37 kernel yet but we
+ * we use it to optimize the backport code we
+ * need to implement. Instead of using ifdefs
+ * to check what version of the check we use
+ * we just replace all checks on current code
+ * with this. I'll submit this upstream too, that
+ * way all we'd have to do is to implement this
+ * for older kernels, then we would not have to
+ * edit the upstrema code for backport efforts.
+ */
+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,36))
+#define br_port_exists(dev)	(dev->priv_flags & IFF_BRIDGE_PORT)
+#else
+#define br_port_exists(dev)	(dev->br_port)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* LINUX_26_COMPAT_H */