diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 1c59d94..da5eb38 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -385,17 +385,6 @@
 	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 da33a02..65cb06e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
@@ -48,17 +48,6 @@
 	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 afcebac..42c55df 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 3b5032a..ea30585 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
@@ -108,17 +108,6 @@
 	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 f81b7b4..3dc3a8c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -376,6 +376,17 @@
 	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)