diff --git a/src/dt/common.h b/src/dt/common.h
index 6127bea..c5acd27 100644
--- a/src/dt/common.h
+++ b/src/dt/common.h
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef __DT_COMMON_H
 #define __DT_COMMON_H
 
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
 
 /**
  * container_of - cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure
@@ -109,6 +114,40 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline void *read_file(const char *filename, size_t *size)
+{
+	int fd;
+	struct stat s;
+	void *buf = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (stat(filename, &s))
+		return NULL;
+
+	buf = xzalloc(s.st_size + 1);
+
+	fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		goto err_out;
+
+	if (read(fd, buf, s.st_size) < s.st_size)
+		goto err_out1;
+
+	close(fd);
+
+	if (size)
+		*size = s.st_size;
+
+	return buf;
+
+err_out1:
+	close(fd);
+err_out:
+	free(buf);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 #define cpu_to_be32 __cpu_to_be32
 #define be32_to_cpu __be32_to_cpu
 
diff --git a/src/fdtdump.c b/src/fdtdump.c
index d438a84..54bc77d 100644
--- a/src/fdtdump.c
+++ b/src/fdtdump.c
@@ -1,46 +1,9 @@
-#include <linux/types.h>
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <dt/dt.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
-void *read_file(const char *filename, size_t *size)
-{
-	int fd;
-	struct stat s;
-	void *buf = NULL;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (stat(filename, &s))
-		return NULL;
-
-	buf = xzalloc(s.st_size + 1);
-
-	fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd < 0)
-		goto err_out;
-
-	if (read(fd, buf, s.st_size) < s.st_size)
-		goto err_out1;
-
-	close(fd);
-
-	if (size)
-		*size = s.st_size;
-
-	return buf;
-
-err_out1:
-	close(fd);
-err_out:
-	free(buf);
-
-	return NULL;
-}
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dt/dt.h>
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {