diff --git a/include/common/aarch64/el3_common_macros.S b/include/common/aarch64/el3_common_macros.S
index cbfa6ee..2e70fc2 100644
--- a/include/common/aarch64/el3_common_macros.S
+++ b/include/common/aarch64/el3_common_macros.S
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2016, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -252,12 +252,12 @@
 
 		ldr	x0, =__BSS_START__
 		ldr	x1, =__BSS_SIZE__
-		bl	zeromem16
+		bl	zeromem
 
 #if USE_COHERENT_MEM
 		ldr	x0, =__COHERENT_RAM_START__
 		ldr	x1, =__COHERENT_RAM_UNALIGNED_SIZE__
-		bl	zeromem16
+		bl	zeromem
 #endif
 
 #ifdef IMAGE_BL1
diff --git a/include/lib/utils.h b/include/lib/utils.h
index b6bc9af..69bbb43 100644
--- a/include/lib/utils.h
+++ b/include/lib/utils.h
@@ -80,4 +80,35 @@
 # define ULL(_x)	(_x##ull)
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * C code should be put in this part of the header to avoid breaking ASM files
+ * or linker scripts including it.
+ */
+#if !(defined(__LINKER__) || defined(__ASSEMBLY__))
+
+#include <types.h>
+
+/*
+ * Fill a region of normal memory of size "length" in bytes with zero bytes.
+ *
+ * WARNING: This function can only operate on normal memory. This means that
+ *          the MMU must be enabled when using this function. Otherwise, use
+ *          zeromem.
+ */
+void zero_normalmem(void *mem, u_register_t length);
+
+/*
+ * Fill a region of memory of size "length" in bytes with null bytes.
+ *
+ * Unlike zero_normalmem, this function has no restriction on the type of
+ * memory targeted and can be used for any device memory as well as normal
+ * memory. This function must be used instead of zero_normalmem when MMU is
+ * disabled.
+ *
+ * NOTE: When data cache and MMU are enabled, prefer zero_normalmem for faster
+ *       zeroing.
+ */
+void zeromem(void *mem, u_register_t length);
+#endif /* !(defined(__LINKER__) || defined(__ASSEMBLY__)) */
+
 #endif /* __UTILS_H__ */