diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 9f0ca325e30d..a2602a8207a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ extern void swapcache_free(swp_entry_t, struct page *page);
 extern int free_swap_and_cache(swp_entry_t);
 extern int swap_type_of(dev_t, sector_t, struct block_device **);
 extern unsigned int count_swap_pages(int, int);
-extern sector_t map_swap_page(swp_entry_t, struct block_device **);
+extern sector_t map_swap_page(struct page *, struct block_device **);
 extern sector_t swapdev_block(int, pgoff_t);
 extern int reuse_swap_page(struct page *);
 extern int try_to_free_swap(struct page *);
diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index afeed89a0a5d..a19af956ee1b 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ static struct bio *get_swap_bio(gfp_t gfp_flags,
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(gfp_flags, 1);
 	if (bio) {
-		swp_entry_t entry;
-		entry.val = page_private(page);
-		bio->bi_sector = map_swap_page(entry, &bio->bi_bdev);
+		bio->bi_sector = map_swap_page(page, &bio->bi_bdev);
 		bio->bi_sector <<= PAGE_SHIFT - 9;
 		bio->bi_io_vec[0].bv_page = page;
 		bio->bi_io_vec[0].bv_len = PAGE_SIZE;
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 58bec6600167..d5eb2e85600b 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 static bool swap_count_continued(struct swap_info_struct *, pgoff_t,
 				 unsigned char);
 static void free_swap_count_continuations(struct swap_info_struct *);
+static sector_t map_swap_entry(swp_entry_t, struct block_device**);
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(swap_lock);
 static unsigned int nr_swapfiles;
@@ -782,7 +783,7 @@ sector_t swapdev_block(int type, pgoff_t offset)
 		return 0;
 	if (!(swap_info[type]->flags & SWP_WRITEOK))
 		return 0;
-	return map_swap_page(swp_entry(type, offset), &bdev);
+	return map_swap_entry(swp_entry(type, offset), &bdev);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1249,10 +1250,11 @@ static void drain_mmlist(void)
 
 /*
  * Use this swapdev's extent info to locate the (PAGE_SIZE) block which
- * corresponds to page offset `offset'.  Note that the type of this function
- * is sector_t, but it returns page offset into the bdev, not sector offset.
+ * corresponds to page offset for the specified swap entry.
+ * Note that the type of this function is sector_t, but it returns page offset
+ * into the bdev, not sector offset.
  */
-sector_t map_swap_page(swp_entry_t entry, struct block_device **bdev)
+static sector_t map_swap_entry(swp_entry_t entry, struct block_device **bdev)
 {
 	struct swap_info_struct *sis;
 	struct swap_extent *start_se;
@@ -1280,6 +1282,16 @@ sector_t map_swap_page(swp_entry_t entry, struct block_device **bdev)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns the page offset into bdev for the specified page's swap entry.
+ */
+sector_t map_swap_page(struct page *page, struct block_device **bdev)
+{
+	swp_entry_t entry;
+	entry.val = page_private(page);
+	return map_swap_entry(entry, bdev);
+}
+
 /*
  * Free all of a swapdev's extent information
  */