diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 1c59d94f59422c754cba2fa305e6e01a1c235b37..da5eb388570210ca9aa70ba0de41444659c49d02 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -385,17 +385,6 @@ follow_huge_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static inline void get_huge_page_tail(struct page *page)
-{
-	/*
-	 * __split_huge_page_refcount() cannot run
-	 * from under us.
-	 */
-	VM_BUG_ON(page_mapcount(page) < 0);
-	VM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&page->_count) != 0);
-	atomic_inc(&page->_mapcount);
-}
-
 static noinline int gup_hugepte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long sz, unsigned long addr,
 		       unsigned long end, int write, struct page **pages, int *nr)
 {
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
index da33a0281d9dbccc3444a2305b6a3ff4bff9d39f..65cb06e2af4eaa0a7b18b2e3b0f5b4b1af8be9d8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
@@ -48,17 +48,6 @@ static inline int gup_pte_range(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static inline void get_huge_page_tail(struct page *page)
-{
-	/*
-	 * __split_huge_page_refcount() cannot run
-	 * from under us.
-	 */
-	VM_BUG_ON(page_mapcount(page) < 0);
-	VM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&page->_count) != 0);
-	atomic_inc(&page->_mapcount);
-}
-
 static inline int gup_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, int write, struct page **pages, int *nr)
 {
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c b/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
index afcebac144fb7b5f5cf2b4318fff8234d64a7cb1..42c55df3aec300b5baee79e6af5123ab99c7b126 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
@@ -12,17 +12,6 @@
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 
-static inline void get_huge_page_tail(struct page *page)
-{
-	/*
-	 * __split_huge_page_refcount() cannot run
-	 * from under us.
-	 */
-	VM_BUG_ON(page_mapcount(page) < 0);
-	VM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&page->_count) != 0);
-	atomic_inc(&page->_mapcount);
-}
-
 /*
  * The performance critical leaf functions are made noinline otherwise gcc
  * inlines everything into a single function which results in too much
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
index 3b5032a62b0f3e41c98b98c0842500215e9e3e18..ea305856151cefc62fccd7f216519bc9d5f2945c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
@@ -108,17 +108,6 @@ static inline void get_head_page_multiple(struct page *page, int nr)
 	SetPageReferenced(page);
 }
 
-static inline void get_huge_page_tail(struct page *page)
-{
-	/*
-	 * __split_huge_page_refcount() cannot run
-	 * from under us.
-	 */
-	VM_BUG_ON(page_mapcount(page) < 0);
-	VM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&page->_count) != 0);
-	atomic_inc(&page->_mapcount);
-}
-
 static noinline int gup_huge_pmd(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, int write, struct page **pages, int *nr)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index f81b7b41930cc10d7525ca7272419acca1b356d5..3dc3a8c2c4858a1d3400aa2d5fd029d36a1177c6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -376,6 +376,17 @@ static inline int page_count(struct page *page)
 	return atomic_read(&compound_head(page)->_count);
 }
 
+static inline void get_huge_page_tail(struct page *page)
+{
+	/*
+	 * __split_huge_page_refcount() cannot run
+	 * from under us.
+	 */
+	VM_BUG_ON(page_mapcount(page) < 0);
+	VM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&page->_count) != 0);
+	atomic_inc(&page->_mapcount);
+}
+
 extern bool __get_page_tail(struct page *page);
 
 static inline void get_page(struct page *page)