diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S
index 93c6dc7812d04602c9c00f3ca3f60ea7490c757e..2330daad67c30866524eeecbcef36a657e6ed606 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	/* Place all vvars at the offsets in asm/vvar.h. */
 #define EMIT_VVAR(name, offset) vvar_ ## name = vvar_page + offset;
-#define __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
 #include <asm/vvar.h>
-#undef __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
 #undef EMIT_VVAR
 
 	pvclock_page = vvar_start + PAGE_SIZE;
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
index 76cbe54e0c39b1310b155ca0426488a2ba7c6479..04e3498c6c41361af81067fa047eda1fd33a0512 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <clocksource/hyperv_timer.h>
 
+#undef _ASM_X86_VVAR_H
+#define EMIT_VVAR(name, offset)	\
+	const size_t name ## _offset = offset;
+#include <asm/vvar.h>
+
+struct vdso_data *arch_get_vdso_data(void *vvar_page)
+{
+	return (struct vdso_data *)(vvar_page + _vdso_data_offset);
+}
+#undef EMIT_VVAR
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
 unsigned int __read_mostly vdso64_enabled = 1;
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h
index 32f5d9a0b90ed7519747ea9b962d6c547bc5e4e7..ff2de30253881936839fa4a3bcdd747798d006ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_VVAR_H
 #define _ASM_X86_VVAR_H
 
-#if defined(__VVAR_KERNEL_LDS)
-
-/* The kernel linker script defines its own magic to put vvars in the
- * right place.
+#ifdef EMIT_VVAR
+/*
+ * EMIT_VVAR() is used by the kernel linker script to put vvars in the
+ * right place. Also, it's used by kernel code to import offsets values.
  */
 #define DECLARE_VVAR(offset, type, name) \
 	EMIT_VVAR(name, offset)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 3a1a819da1376c6c4e4aa0189bf33b64470112b7..e3296aa028feb766ba79062d2acfe885becfd59b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -193,12 +193,10 @@ SECTIONS
 		__vvar_beginning_hack = .;
 
 		/* Place all vvars at the offsets in asm/vvar.h. */
-#define EMIT_VVAR(name, offset) 			\
+#define EMIT_VVAR(name, offset)				\
 		. = __vvar_beginning_hack + offset;	\
 		*(.vvar_ ## name)
-#define __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
 #include <asm/vvar.h>
-#undef __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
 #undef EMIT_VVAR
 
 		/*
diff --git a/include/linux/time_namespace.h b/include/linux/time_namespace.h
index 34ee110b5c3539db90ce6c430f9f6b3153cba497..063a343d1d78bc30da0b9ce0d726d0a8c048592b 100644
--- a/include/linux/time_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/time_namespace.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct time_namespace *copy_time_ns(unsigned long flags,
 				    struct time_namespace *old_ns);
 void free_time_ns(struct kref *kref);
 int timens_on_fork(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct task_struct *tsk);
+struct vdso_data *arch_get_vdso_data(void *vvar_page);
 
 static inline void put_time_ns(struct time_namespace *ns)
 {