diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 4bdbee80eede2bb45e2615d3a875be4bb65659b3..1eb64043c076fe97db25443feb7ddb5bfe32e38c 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ extern void lru_add_page_tail(struct page *page, struct page *page_tail,
 			 struct lruvec *lruvec, struct list_head *head);
 extern void activate_page(struct page *);
 extern void mark_page_accessed(struct page *);
-extern void init_page_accessed(struct page *page);
 extern void lru_add_drain(void);
 extern void lru_add_drain_cpu(int cpu);
 extern void lru_add_drain_all(void);
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 65d44fd88c7850c5f1ae23d5d2e46b40ce831317..7e85c8147e1b739f9d3c7eb82240b1a49b35da22 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1091,9 +1091,9 @@ struct page *pagecache_get_page(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t offset,
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(fgp_flags & FGP_LOCK)))
 			fgp_flags |= FGP_LOCK;
 
-		/* Init accessed so avoit atomic mark_page_accessed later */
+		/* Init accessed so avoid atomic mark_page_accessed later */
 		if (fgp_flags & FGP_ACCESSED)
-			init_page_accessed(page);
+			__SetPageReferenced(page);
 
 		err = add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, offset, radix_gfp_mask);
 		if (unlikely(err)) {
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 57fd82a5af7a2af8abc09845eb5147ffb7e2d1d5..fe15d96c31662071b1f76d761c330ac64e8bd4c4 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ static int shmem_getpage_gfp(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 		__SetPageSwapBacked(page);
 		__set_page_locked(page);
 		if (sgp == SGP_WRITE)
-			init_page_accessed(page);
+			__SetPageReferenced(page);
 
 		error = mem_cgroup_charge_file(page, current->mm,
 						gfp & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK);
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index 9e8e3472248bb8dfa10107fb212974e1343ffa4a..d8eb4d09ffa2ee72b3ba9e376771abd01e39016b 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ static void __lru_cache_activate_page(struct page *page)
  * inactive,unreferenced	->	inactive,referenced
  * inactive,referenced		->	active,unreferenced
  * active,unreferenced		->	active,referenced
+ *
+ * When a newly allocated page is not yet visible, so safe for non-atomic ops,
+ * __SetPageReferenced(page) may be substituted for mark_page_accessed(page).
  */
 void mark_page_accessed(struct page *page)
 {
@@ -614,17 +617,6 @@ void mark_page_accessed(struct page *page)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_page_accessed);
 
-/*
- * Used to mark_page_accessed(page) that is not visible yet and when it is
- * still safe to use non-atomic ops
- */
-void init_page_accessed(struct page *page)
-{
-	if (!PageReferenced(page))
-		__SetPageReferenced(page);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_page_accessed);
-
 static void __lru_cache_add(struct page *page)
 {
 	struct pagevec *pvec = &get_cpu_var(lru_add_pvec);