diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index 4165485e8b6ecbc60f161d98c20139992877c416..59990491e72a2708b1690b2dcf00af699a910201 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@ static bool is_el1_instruction_abort(unsigned int esr)
 	return ESR_ELx_EC(esr) == ESR_ELx_EC_IABT_CUR;
 }
 
-static inline bool is_permission_fault(unsigned int esr, struct pt_regs *regs,
-				       unsigned long addr)
+static inline bool is_el1_permission_fault(unsigned int esr,
+					   struct pt_regs *regs,
+					   unsigned long addr)
 {
 	unsigned int ec       = ESR_ELx_EC(esr);
 	unsigned int fsc_type = esr & ESR_ELx_FSC_TYPE;
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ static void __do_kernel_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
 
 	bust_spinlocks(1);
 
-	if (is_permission_fault(esr, regs, addr)) {
+	if (is_el1_permission_fault(esr, regs, addr)) {
 		if (esr & ESR_ELx_WNR)
 			msg = "write to read-only memory";
 		else
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ static int __kprobes do_page_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
 		mm_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
 	}
 
-	if (addr < TASK_SIZE && is_permission_fault(esr, regs, addr)) {
+	if (addr < TASK_SIZE && is_el1_permission_fault(esr, regs, addr)) {
 		/* regs->orig_addr_limit may be 0 if we entered from EL0 */
 		if (regs->orig_addr_limit == KERNEL_DS)
 			die("Accessing user space memory with fs=KERNEL_DS", regs, esr);