diff --git a/library/cmac.c b/library/cmac.c
index a4a2106..54ad843 100644
--- a/library/cmac.c
+++ b/library/cmac.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_CMAC_C)
 
 #include "mbedtls/cmac.h"
+#include "mbedtls/utils.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -67,11 +68,6 @@
 
 #if !defined(MBEDTLS_CMAC_ALT) || defined(MBEDTLS_SELF_TEST)
 
-/* Implementation that should never be optimized out by the compiler */
-static void mbedtls_zeroize( void *v, size_t n ) {
-    volatile unsigned char *p = (unsigned char*)v; while( n-- ) *p++ = 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Multiplication by u in the Galois field of GF(2^n)
  *