diff --git a/AK/kmalloc.cpp b/AK/kmalloc.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6635f9ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AK/kmalloc.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2020, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Daniel Bertalan <dani@danielbertalan.dev>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#if defined(__serenity__) && !defined(KERNEL)
+
+#    include <AK/Assertions.h>
+#    include <AK/kmalloc.h>
+
+// However deceptively simple these functions look, they must not be inlined.
+// Memory allocated in one translation unit has to be deallocatable in another
+// translation unit, so these functions must be the same everywhere.
+// By making these functions global, this invariant is enforced.
+
+void* operator new(size_t size)
+{
+    void* ptr = malloc(size);
+    VERIFY(ptr);
+    return ptr;
+}
+
+void* operator new(size_t size, const std::nothrow_t&) noexcept
+{
+    return malloc(size);
+}
+
+void operator delete(void* ptr) noexcept
+{
+    return free(ptr);
+}
+
+void operator delete(void* ptr, size_t) noexcept
+{
+    return free(ptr);
+}
+
+void* operator new[](size_t size)
+{
+    void* ptr = malloc(size);
+    VERIFY(ptr);
+    return ptr;
+}
+
+void* operator new[](size_t size, const std::nothrow_t&) noexcept
+{
+    return malloc(size);
+}
+
+void operator delete[](void* ptr) noexcept
+{
+    return free(ptr);
+}
+
+void operator delete[](void* ptr, size_t) noexcept
+{
+    return free(ptr);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/AK/kmalloc.h b/AK/kmalloc.h
index 5807828980..03484a7280 100644
--- a/AK/kmalloc.h
+++ b/AK/kmalloc.h
@@ -1,13 +1,27 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018-2020, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Daniel Bertalan <dani@danielbertalan.dev>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
 
 #pragma once
 
-#ifndef __serenity__
+#if defined(KERNEL)
+#    include <Kernel/Heap/kmalloc.h>
+#else
 #    include <new>
+#    include <stdlib.h>
+
+#    define kcalloc calloc
+#    define kmalloc malloc
+#    define kmalloc_good_size malloc_good_size
+#    define kfree free
+#    define krealloc realloc
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __serenity__
+#    include <AK/Types.h>
 
 #    ifndef AK_OS_MACOS
 extern "C" {
@@ -28,68 +42,4 @@ inline size_t malloc_good_size(size_t size) { return size; }
 #    define AK_MAKE_ETERNAL
 #endif
 
-#if defined(KERNEL)
-#    include <Kernel/Heap/kmalloc.h>
-#else
-#    include <stdlib.h>
-
-#    define kcalloc calloc
-#    define kmalloc malloc
-#    define kmalloc_good_size malloc_good_size
-#    define kfree free
-#    define krealloc realloc
-
-#    ifdef __serenity__
-
-#        include <AK/Assertions.h>
-#        include <new>
-
-inline void* operator new(size_t size)
-{
-    void* ptr = kmalloc(size);
-    VERIFY(ptr);
-    return ptr;
-}
-
-inline void* operator new(size_t size, const std::nothrow_t&) noexcept
-{
-    return kmalloc(size);
-}
-
-inline void operator delete(void* ptr) noexcept
-{
-    return kfree(ptr);
-}
-
-inline void operator delete(void* ptr, size_t) noexcept
-{
-    return kfree(ptr);
-}
-
-inline void* operator new[](size_t size)
-{
-    void* ptr = kmalloc(size);
-    VERIFY(ptr);
-    return ptr;
-}
-
-inline void* operator new[](size_t size, const std::nothrow_t&) noexcept
-{
-    return kmalloc(size);
-}
-
-inline void operator delete[](void* ptr) noexcept
-{
-    return kfree(ptr);
-}
-
-inline void operator delete[](void* ptr, size_t) noexcept
-{
-    return kfree(ptr);
-}
-
-#    endif
-
-#endif
-
 using std::nothrow;