diff --git a/common/misc.c b/common/misc.c
index 65f3306be..6da71c7ab 100644
--- a/common/misc.c
+++ b/common/misc.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <magicvar.h>
 #include <globalvar.h>
 #include <environment.h>
+#include <led.h>
 #include <of.h>
 
 int errno;
@@ -188,3 +189,24 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(barebox_get_hostname);
 
 BAREBOX_MAGICVAR_NAMED(global_hostname, global.hostname,
 		"shortname of the board. Also used as hostname for DHCP requests");
+
+void __noreturn panic(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	vprintf(fmt, args);
+	putchar('\n');
+	va_end(args);
+
+	dump_stack();
+
+	led_trigger(LED_TRIGGER_PANIC, TRIGGER_ENABLE);
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PANIC_HANG)) {
+		hang();
+	} else {
+		udelay(100000);	/* allow messages to go out */
+		reset_cpu(0);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic);
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 512c88247..a1f95fed2 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -680,24 +680,3 @@ char *asprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
 	return p;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(asprintf);
-
-void __noreturn panic(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list args;
-	va_start(args, fmt);
-	vprintf(fmt, args);
-	putchar('\n');
-	va_end(args);
-
-	dump_stack();
-
-	led_trigger(LED_TRIGGER_PANIC, TRIGGER_ENABLE);
-
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PANIC_HANG)) {
-		hang();
-	} else {
-		udelay(100000);	/* allow messages to go out */
-		reset_cpu(0);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic);