diff --git a/kernel-src/include/util.h b/kernel-src/include/util.h
index 13915c65..a44491d8 100644
--- a/kernel-src/include/util.h
+++ b/kernel-src/include/util.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define _UTIL_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
 
 #define UTIL_ZEROBUFFERSIZE (1024 * 64)
 
@@ -20,6 +21,23 @@ static inline long min(long x, long y) {
 	return x > y ? y : x;
 }
 
+#define FNV1PRIME  0x100000001b3ull
+#define FNV1OFFSET 0xcbf29ce484222325ull
+
+// FNV-1a hash implementation
+static inline uint64_t fnv1ahash(void *buffer, size_t size) {
+	uint8_t *ptr = buffer;
+	uint8_t *top = ptr + size;
+	uint64_t h = FNV1OFFSET;
+
+	while (ptr < top) {
+		h ^= *ptr++;
+		h *= FNV1PRIME;
+	}
+
+	return h;
+}
+
 extern uint8_t util_zerobuffer[];
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel-src/lib/hashtable.c b/kernel-src/lib/hashtable.c
index bce6f534..ab1632c0 100644
--- a/kernel-src/lib/hashtable.c
+++ b/kernel-src/lib/hashtable.c
@@ -3,25 +3,10 @@
 #include <kernel/slab.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
-
-#define FNV1PRIME  0x100000001b3ull
-#define FNV1OFFSET 0xcbf29ce484222325ull
+#include <util.h>
 
 static scache_t *hashentrycache;
 
-// FNV-1a hash implementation
-static uint64_t hashbuffer(void *buffer, size_t size) {
-	uint8_t *ptr = buffer;
-	uint8_t *top = ptr + size;
-	uint64_t h = FNV1OFFSET;
-
-	while (ptr < top) {
-		h ^= *ptr++;
-		h *= FNV1PRIME;
-	}
-
-	return h;
-}
 static hashentry_t *getentry(hashtable_t *table, void *key, size_t keysize, uintmax_t hash) {
 	uintmax_t tableoffset = hash % table->capacity;
 
@@ -37,7 +22,7 @@ static hashentry_t *getentry(hashtable_t *table, void *key, size_t keysize, uint
 }
 
 int hashtable_set(hashtable_t *table, void *value, void *key, size_t keysize, bool allocate) {
-	uintmax_t hash = hashbuffer(key, keysize);
+	uintmax_t hash = fnv1ahash(key, keysize);
 
 	hashentry_t *entry = getentry(table, key, keysize, hash);
 
@@ -71,7 +56,7 @@ int hashtable_set(hashtable_t *table, void *value, void *key, size_t keysize, bo
 }
 
 int hashtable_get(hashtable_t *table, void **value, void *key, size_t keysize) {
-	uintmax_t hash = hashbuffer(key, keysize);
+	uintmax_t hash = fnv1ahash(key, keysize);
 
 	hashentry_t *entry = getentry(table, key, keysize, hash);
 
@@ -83,7 +68,7 @@ int hashtable_get(hashtable_t *table, void **value, void *key, size_t keysize) {
 }
 
 int hashtable_remove(hashtable_t *table, void *key, size_t keysize) {
-	uintmax_t hash = hashbuffer(key, keysize);
+	uintmax_t hash = fnv1ahash(key, keysize);
 	uintmax_t tableoffset = hash % table->capacity;
 
 	hashentry_t *entry = getentry(table, key, keysize, hash);