diff --git a/lib/xarray.c b/lib/xarray.c
index 057dbe0..303c465 100644
--- a/lib/xarray.c
+++ b/lib/xarray.c
@@ -876,6 +876,80 @@ void xas_pause(struct xa_state *xas)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xas_pause);
 
+/*
+ * __xas_prev() - Find the previous entry in the XArray.
+ * @xas: XArray operation state.
+ *
+ * Helper function for xas_prev() which handles all the complex cases
+ * out of line.
+ */
+void *__xas_prev(struct xa_state *xas)
+{
+	void *entry;
+
+	if (!xas_frozen(xas->xa_node))
+		xas->xa_index--;
+	if (xas_not_node(xas->xa_node))
+		return xas_load(xas);
+
+	if (xas->xa_offset != get_offset(xas->xa_index, xas->xa_node))
+		xas->xa_offset--;
+
+	while (xas->xa_offset == 255) {
+		xas->xa_offset = xas->xa_node->offset - 1;
+		xas->xa_node = xa_parent(xas->xa, xas->xa_node);
+		if (!xas->xa_node)
+			return set_bounds(xas);
+	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		entry = xa_entry(xas->xa, xas->xa_node, xas->xa_offset);
+		if (!xa_is_node(entry))
+			return entry;
+
+		xas->xa_node = xa_to_node(entry);
+		xas_set_offset(xas);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__xas_prev);
+
+/*
+ * __xas_next() - Find the next entry in the XArray.
+ * @xas: XArray operation state.
+ *
+ * Helper function for xas_next() which handles all the complex cases
+ * out of line.
+ */
+void *__xas_next(struct xa_state *xas)
+{
+	void *entry;
+
+	if (!xas_frozen(xas->xa_node))
+		xas->xa_index++;
+	if (xas_not_node(xas->xa_node))
+		return xas_load(xas);
+
+	if (xas->xa_offset != get_offset(xas->xa_index, xas->xa_node))
+		xas->xa_offset++;
+
+	while (xas->xa_offset == XA_CHUNK_SIZE) {
+		xas->xa_offset = xas->xa_node->offset + 1;
+		xas->xa_node = xa_parent(xas->xa, xas->xa_node);
+		if (!xas->xa_node)
+			return set_bounds(xas);
+	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		entry = xa_entry(xas->xa, xas->xa_node, xas->xa_offset);
+		if (!xa_is_node(entry))
+			return entry;
+
+		xas->xa_node = xa_to_node(entry);
+		xas_set_offset(xas);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__xas_next);
+
 /**
  * xas_find() - Find the next present entry in the XArray.
  * @xas: XArray operation state.