diff --git a/cputlb.c b/cputlb.c
index 5575b733f5bdf8f607a0024a3202b48f2598edf1..0c9b77b0a02d627bc566796167e05f5765a17bd1 100644
--- a/cputlb.c
+++ b/cputlb.c
@@ -527,6 +527,27 @@ static bool victim_tlb_hit(CPUArchState *env, size_t mmu_idx, size_t index,
   victim_tlb_hit(env, mmu_idx, index, offsetof(CPUTLBEntry, TY), \
                  (ADDR) & TARGET_PAGE_MASK)
 
+/* Probe for whether the specified guest write access is permitted.
+ * If it is not permitted then an exception will be taken in the same
+ * way as if this were a real write access (and we will not return).
+ * Otherwise the function will return, and there will be a valid
+ * entry in the TLB for this access.
+ */
+void probe_write(CPUArchState *env, target_ulong addr, int mmu_idx,
+                 uintptr_t retaddr)
+{
+    int index = (addr >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS) & (CPU_TLB_SIZE - 1);
+    target_ulong tlb_addr = env->tlb_table[mmu_idx][index].addr_write;
+
+    if ((addr & TARGET_PAGE_MASK)
+        != (tlb_addr & (TARGET_PAGE_MASK | TLB_INVALID_MASK))) {
+        /* TLB entry is for a different page */
+        if (!VICTIM_TLB_HIT(addr_write, addr)) {
+            tlb_fill(ENV_GET_CPU(env), addr, MMU_DATA_STORE, mmu_idx, retaddr);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #define MMUSUFFIX _mmu
 
 #define DATA_SIZE 1
diff --git a/softmmu_template.h b/softmmu_template.h
index f9c51fec1ccceefb20f184cf2962309c0b865e5d..538cff5719cb5bc640f447692d205afaf428c3f0 100644
--- a/softmmu_template.h
+++ b/softmmu_template.h
@@ -464,29 +464,6 @@ void helper_be_st_name(CPUArchState *env, target_ulong addr, DATA_TYPE val,
     glue(glue(st, SUFFIX), _be_p)((uint8_t *)haddr, val);
 }
 #endif /* DATA_SIZE > 1 */
-
-#if DATA_SIZE == 1
-/* Probe for whether the specified guest write access is permitted.
- * If it is not permitted then an exception will be taken in the same
- * way as if this were a real write access (and we will not return).
- * Otherwise the function will return, and there will be a valid
- * entry in the TLB for this access.
- */
-void probe_write(CPUArchState *env, target_ulong addr, int mmu_idx,
-                 uintptr_t retaddr)
-{
-    int index = (addr >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS) & (CPU_TLB_SIZE - 1);
-    target_ulong tlb_addr = env->tlb_table[mmu_idx][index].addr_write;
-
-    if ((addr & TARGET_PAGE_MASK)
-        != (tlb_addr & (TARGET_PAGE_MASK | TLB_INVALID_MASK))) {
-        /* TLB entry is for a different page */
-        if (!VICTIM_TLB_HIT(addr_write, addr)) {
-            tlb_fill(ENV_GET_CPU(env), addr, MMU_DATA_STORE, mmu_idx, retaddr);
-        }
-    }
-}
-#endif
 #endif /* !defined(SOFTMMU_CODE_ACCESS) */
 
 #undef READ_ACCESS_TYPE