diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index 1149533aa2fa..9806184bb3d5 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -36,7 +36,18 @@ static inline void mmgrab(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
 }
 
-extern void mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm);
+extern void __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm);
+
+static inline void mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The implicit full barrier implied by atomic_dec_and_test() is
+	 * required by the membarrier system call before returning to
+	 * user-space, after storing to rq->curr.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(atomic_dec_and_test(&mm->mm_count)))
+		__mmdrop(mm);
+}
 
 /**
  * mmget() - Pin the address space associated with a &struct mm_struct.
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index be8aa5b98666..e5d9d405ae4e 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ static void check_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
  * is dropped: either by a lazy thread or by
  * mmput. Free the page directory and the mm.
  */
-static void __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
+void __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	BUG_ON(mm == &init_mm);
 	mm_free_pgd(mm);
@@ -603,18 +603,7 @@ static void __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	put_user_ns(mm->user_ns);
 	free_mm(mm);
 }
-
-void mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
-	/*
-	 * The implicit full barrier implied by atomic_dec_and_test() is
-	 * required by the membarrier system call before returning to
-	 * user-space, after storing to rq->curr.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(atomic_dec_and_test(&mm->mm_count)))
-		__mmdrop(mm);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mmdrop);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__mmdrop);
 
 static void mmdrop_async_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 {