diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index c01e1d4e0db3..0a8508b4803d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1034,6 +1034,9 @@ config MIPS_MACHINE
 config NO_IOPORT_MAP
 	def_bool n
 
+config GENERIC_CSUM
+	bool
+
 config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
 	bool
 	select ZONE_DMA if GENERIC_ISA_DMA_SUPPORT_BROKEN=n
@@ -1312,6 +1315,7 @@ config CPU_MIPS32_R6
 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_HIGHMEM
 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_MSA
+	select GENERIC_CSUM
 	select HAVE_KVM
 	select MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT
 	help
@@ -1363,6 +1367,7 @@ config CPU_MIPS64_R6
 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL
 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_HIGHMEM
 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_MSA
+	select GENERIC_CSUM
 	help
 	  Choose this option to build a kernel for release 6 or later of the
 	  MIPS64 architecture.  New MIPS processors, starting with the Warrior
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
index 200efeac4181..526539cbc99f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # MIPS headers
+generic-(CONFIG_GENERIC_CSUM) += checksum.h
 generic-y += cputime.h
 generic-y += current.h
 generic-y += dma-contiguous.h
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h
index 5996252680c6..5c585c5c1c3e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_CHECKSUM_H
 #define _ASM_CHECKSUM_H
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CSUM
+#include <asm-generic/checksum.h>
+#else
+
 #include <linux/in6.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -274,5 +278,6 @@ static __inline__ __sum16 csum_ipv6_magic(const struct in6_addr *saddr,
 }
 
 #include <asm-generic/checksum.h>
+#endif /* CONFIG_GENERIC_CSUM */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_CHECKSUM_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/mips_ksyms.c b/arch/mips/kernel/mips_ksyms.c
index 17eaf0cf760c..ac66c30c8cd6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/mips_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/mips_ksyms.c
@@ -67,11 +67,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strnlen_kernel_asm);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strnlen_user_nocheck_asm);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strnlen_user_asm);
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR6
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial_copy_nocheck);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__csum_partial_copy_kernel);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__csum_partial_copy_to_user);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__csum_partial_copy_from_user);
+#endif
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalid_pte_table);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/Makefile b/arch/mips/lib/Makefile
index eeddc58802e1..1e9e900cd3c3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ lib-y	+= bitops.o csum_partial.o delay.o memcpy.o memset.o \
 
 obj-y			+= iomap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)	+= iomap-pci.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CSUM)	:= $(filter-out csum_partial.o, $(lib-y))
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_GENERIC_DUMP_TLB) += dump_tlb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_R3000)		+= r3k_dump_tlb.o