diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index d747f94..a75b5ba 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct sched_param {
 #include <linux/task_io_accounting.h>
 #include <linux/latencytop.h>
 #include <linux/cred.h>
+#include <linux/task_state.h>
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
@@ -169,63 +170,6 @@ print_cfs_rq(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 #endif
 
 /*
- * Task state bitmask. NOTE! These bits are also
- * encoded in fs/proc/array.c: get_task_state().
- *
- * We have two separate sets of flags: task->state
- * is about runnability, while task->exit_state are
- * about the task exiting. Confusing, but this way
- * modifying one set can't modify the other one by
- * mistake.
- */
-#define TASK_RUNNING		0
-#define TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE	1
-#define TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE	2
-#define __TASK_STOPPED		4
-#define __TASK_TRACED		8
-/* in tsk->exit_state */
-#define EXIT_ZOMBIE		16
-#define EXIT_DEAD		32
-/* in tsk->state again */
-#define TASK_DEAD		64
-#define TASK_WAKEKILL		128
-#define TASK_WAKING		256
-#define TASK_STATE_MAX		512
-
-#define TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR "RSDTtZXxKW"
-
-extern char ___assert_task_state[1 - 2*!!(
-		sizeof(TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR)-1 != ilog2(TASK_STATE_MAX)+1)];
-
-/* Convenience macros for the sake of set_task_state */
-#define TASK_KILLABLE		(TASK_WAKEKILL | TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
-#define TASK_STOPPED		(TASK_WAKEKILL | __TASK_STOPPED)
-#define TASK_TRACED		(TASK_WAKEKILL | __TASK_TRACED)
-
-/* Convenience macros for the sake of wake_up */
-#define TASK_NORMAL		(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE | TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
-#define TASK_ALL		(TASK_NORMAL | __TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)
-
-/* get_task_state() */
-#define TASK_REPORT		(TASK_RUNNING | TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE | \
-				 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE | __TASK_STOPPED | \
-				 __TASK_TRACED)
-
-#define task_is_traced(task)	((task->state & __TASK_TRACED) != 0)
-#define task_is_stopped(task)	((task->state & __TASK_STOPPED) != 0)
-#define task_is_dead(task)	((task)->exit_state != 0)
-#define task_is_stopped_or_traced(task)	\
-			((task->state & (__TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)) != 0)
-#define task_contributes_to_load(task)	\
-				((task->state & TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) != 0 && \
-				 (task->flags & PF_FREEZING) == 0)
-
-#define __set_task_state(tsk, state_value)		\
-	do { (tsk)->state = (state_value); } while (0)
-#define set_task_state(tsk, state_value)		\
-	set_mb((tsk)->state, (state_value))
-
-/*
  * set_current_state() includes a barrier so that the write of current->state
  * is correctly serialised wrt the caller's subsequent test of whether to
  * actually sleep:
diff --git a/include/linux/task_state.h b/include/linux/task_state.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36a8db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/task_state.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_TASK_H
+#define _LINUX_TASK_H
+
+/*
+ * Task state bitmask. NOTE! These bits are also
+ * encoded in fs/proc/array.c: get_task_state().
+ *
+ * We have two separate sets of flags: task->state
+ * is about runnability, while task->exit_state are
+ * about the task exiting. Confusing, but this way
+ * modifying one set can't modify the other one by
+ * mistake.
+ */
+#define TASK_RUNNING		0
+#define TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE	1
+#define TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE	2
+#define __TASK_STOPPED		4
+#define __TASK_TRACED		8
+/* in tsk->exit_state */
+#define EXIT_ZOMBIE		16
+#define EXIT_DEAD		32
+/* in tsk->state again */
+#define TASK_DEAD		64
+#define TASK_WAKEKILL		128
+#define TASK_WAKING		256
+#define TASK_STATE_MAX		512
+
+#define TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR "RSDTtZXxKW"
+
+extern char ___assert_task_state[1 - 2*!!(
+		sizeof(TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR)-1 != ilog2(TASK_STATE_MAX)+1)];
+
+/* Convenience macros for the sake of set_task_state */
+#define TASK_KILLABLE		(TASK_WAKEKILL | TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
+#define TASK_STOPPED		(TASK_WAKEKILL | __TASK_STOPPED)
+#define TASK_TRACED		(TASK_WAKEKILL | __TASK_TRACED)
+
+/* Convenience macros for the sake of wake_up */
+#define TASK_NORMAL		(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE | TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
+#define TASK_ALL		(TASK_NORMAL | __TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)
+
+/* get_task_state() */
+#define TASK_REPORT		(TASK_RUNNING | TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE | \
+				 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE | __TASK_STOPPED | \
+				 __TASK_TRACED)
+
+#define task_is_traced(task)	((task->state & __TASK_TRACED) != 0)
+#define task_is_stopped(task)	((task->state & __TASK_STOPPED) != 0)
+#define task_is_dead(task)	((task)->exit_state != 0)
+#define task_is_stopped_or_traced(task)	\
+			((task->state & (__TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)) != 0)
+#define task_contributes_to_load(task)	\
+				((task->state & TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) != 0 && \
+				 (task->flags & PF_FREEZING) == 0)
+
+#define __set_task_state(tsk, state_value)		\
+	do { (tsk)->state = (state_value); } while (0)
+#define set_task_state(tsk, state_value)		\
+	set_mb((tsk)->state, (state_value))
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index 3efc9f3..163c2b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/task_state.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/current.h>
 
