diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index a2718e1ed585eee46b3cfcada4ef8d4b196040ed..6bef67d74adf3366190749bb6ec9eefef0510071 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -429,6 +429,19 @@ static inline void set_compound_order(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
 	page[1].lru.prev = (void *)order;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Do pte_mkwrite, but only if the vma says VM_WRITE.  We do this when
+ * servicing faults for write access.  In the normal case, do always want
+ * pte_mkwrite.  But get_user_pages can cause write faults for mappings
+ * that do not have writing enabled, when used by access_process_vm.
+ */
+static inline pte_t maybe_mkwrite(pte_t pte, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	if (likely(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
+		pte = pte_mkwrite(pte);
+	return pte;
+}
+
 /*
  * Multiple processes may "see" the same page. E.g. for untouched
  * mappings of /dev/null, all processes see the same page full of
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 1bbe9a22429cd442a5981a0c895a5cddd8c7fdfa..bdf19366b70505fb09fef21d54bc0ade334b147b 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2083,19 +2083,6 @@ static inline int pte_unmap_same(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
 	return same;
 }
 
-/*
- * Do pte_mkwrite, but only if the vma says VM_WRITE.  We do this when
- * servicing faults for write access.  In the normal case, do always want
- * pte_mkwrite.  But get_user_pages can cause write faults for mappings
- * that do not have writing enabled, when used by access_process_vm.
- */
-static inline pte_t maybe_mkwrite(pte_t pte, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-	if (likely(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
-		pte = pte_mkwrite(pte);
-	return pte;
-}
-
 static inline void cow_user_page(struct page *dst, struct page *src, unsigned long va, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	/*