diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index e40c950..4824f26 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -372,13 +372,18 @@
 #define hex_asc_lo(x)	hex_asc[((x) & 0x0f)]
 #define hex_asc_hi(x)	hex_asc[((x) & 0xf0) >> 4]
 
-static inline char *pack_hex_byte(char *buf, u8 byte)
+static inline char *hex_byte_pack(char *buf, u8 byte)
 {
 	*buf++ = hex_asc_hi(byte);
 	*buf++ = hex_asc_lo(byte);
 	return buf;
 }
 
+static inline char * __deprecated pack_hex_byte(char *buf, u8 byte)
+{
+	return hex_byte_pack(buf, byte);
+}
+
 extern int hex_to_bin(char ch);
 extern int __must_check hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count);