diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 70128d3f770af67274541092edd7048fa879cb4e..9e9e94415d08f13db779b0d63ea42692f0705c64 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -673,8 +673,6 @@ static inline pmd_t pmdp_huge_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
 struct file;
 pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
 		unsigned long size, pgprot_t vma_prot);
-int phys_mem_access_prot_allowed(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
-		unsigned long size, pgprot_t *vma_prot);
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
index f1218f512f62dda18942a1776f347c1101abed4c..8b4de22d64299e8997e8b12270e5c23112f85597 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
@@ -439,8 +439,6 @@ extern pgprot_t pgprot_writethrough(pgprot_t prot);
 struct file;
 pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
                               unsigned long size, pgprot_t vma_prot);
-int phys_mem_access_prot_allowed(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
-                              unsigned long size, pgprot_t *vma_prot);
 
 /* Install a pte for a particular vaddr in kernel space. */
 void set_pte_vaddr(unsigned long vaddr, pte_t pte);
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index d4458b6dbfb48831c833b203edc058f6f4a9e847..c4f8fd2fd3842431ba5140503870e538a1c06295 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -800,6 +800,9 @@ static inline int pmd_clear_huge(pmd_t *pmd)
 #endif
 #endif
 
+struct file;
+int phys_mem_access_prot_allowed(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
+			unsigned long size, pgprot_t *vma_prot);
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #ifndef io_remap_pfn_range