diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index 564a8c489..25e00f502 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <sys/mutex.h>
 #include <sys/rwlock.h>
 #include <sys/condvar.h>
+#include <sys/cmn_err.h>
 #include <sys/zfs_delay.h>
 
 #include <sys/zfs_context_os.h>
@@ -134,37 +135,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define	likely(x)	__builtin_expect((x), 1)
 #define	unlikely(x)	__builtin_expect((x), 0)
 
-/*
- * Debugging
- */
-
-/*
- * Note that we are not using the debugging levels.
- */
-
-#define	CE_CONT		0	/* continuation		*/
-#define	CE_NOTE		1	/* notice		*/
-#define	CE_WARN		2	/* warning		*/
-#define	CE_PANIC	3	/* panic		*/
-#define	CE_IGNORE	4	/* print nothing	*/
-
-/*
- * ZFS debugging
- */
-
-extern void dprintf_setup(int *argc, char **argv);
-
-extern void cmn_err(int, const char *, ...)
-    __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
-extern void vcmn_err(int, const char *, va_list)
-    __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 0)));
-extern void panic(const char *, ...)
-    __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2), noreturn));
-extern void vpanic(const char *, va_list)
-    __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 0), noreturn));
-
-#define	fm_panic	panic
-
 /*
  * DTrace SDT probes have different signatures in userland than they do in
  * the kernel.  If they're being used in kernel code, re-define them out of
diff --git a/lib/libspl/include/sys/cmn_err.h b/lib/libspl/include/sys/cmn_err.h
index 32930adae..5e7136f7f 100644
--- a/lib/libspl/include/sys/cmn_err.h
+++ b/lib/libspl/include/sys/cmn_err.h
@@ -62,4 +62,31 @@ do {							\
 	}						\
 } while (0)
 
+/*
+ * Note that we are not using the debugging levels.
+ */
+
+#define	CE_CONT		0	/* continuation		*/
+#define	CE_NOTE		1	/* notice		*/
+#define	CE_WARN		2	/* warning		*/
+#define	CE_PANIC	3	/* panic		*/
+#define	CE_IGNORE	4	/* print nothing	*/
+
+/*
+ * ZFS debugging
+ */
+
+extern void dprintf_setup(int *argc, char **argv);
+
+extern void cmn_err(int, const char *, ...)
+    __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
+extern void vcmn_err(int, const char *, va_list)
+    __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 0)));
+extern void panic(const char *, ...)
+    __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2), noreturn));
+extern void vpanic(const char *, va_list)
+    __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 0), noreturn));
+
+#define	fm_panic	panic
+
 #endif