diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 2b0265265c286b9fffb53e290039bf0686046908..4e9828cda7a26ee6796b127c06a35513bd5a29d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ static inline bool movable_node_is_enabled(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
-extern bool is_pageblock_removable_nolock(struct page *page);
 extern int arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size,
 		struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
 extern int __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 25982467800b35756ad1eaf31a8782aaa52e0318..7deb49f69e276b7fba6768b12bbfe9648476599e 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1237,6 +1237,29 @@ static struct page *next_active_pageblock(struct page *page)
 	return page + pageblock_nr_pages;
 }
 
+static bool is_pageblock_removable_nolock(struct page *page)
+{
+	struct zone *zone;
+	unsigned long pfn;
+
+	/*
+	 * We have to be careful here because we are iterating over memory
+	 * sections which are not zone aware so we might end up outside of
+	 * the zone but still within the section.
+	 * We have to take care about the node as well. If the node is offline
+	 * its NODE_DATA will be NULL - see page_zone.
+	 */
+	if (!node_online(page_to_nid(page)))
+		return false;
+
+	zone = page_zone(page);
+	pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
+	if (!zone_spans_pfn(zone, pfn))
+		return false;
+
+	return !has_unmovable_pages(zone, page, 0, MIGRATE_MOVABLE, true);
+}
+
 /* Checks if this range of memory is likely to be hot-removable. */
 bool is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index b93cc79a8db4244d5348ed5c3b001f16b514d8fa..d0d26da120863d57b54349f1fb9dcfd7d8c38ff2 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -7692,29 +7692,6 @@ bool has_unmovable_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int count,
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool is_pageblock_removable_nolock(struct page *page)
-{
-	struct zone *zone;
-	unsigned long pfn;
-
-	/*
-	 * We have to be careful here because we are iterating over memory
-	 * sections which are not zone aware so we might end up outside of
-	 * the zone but still within the section.
-	 * We have to take care about the node as well. If the node is offline
-	 * its NODE_DATA will be NULL - see page_zone.
-	 */
-	if (!node_online(page_to_nid(page)))
-		return false;
-
-	zone = page_zone(page);
-	pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
-	if (!zone_spans_pfn(zone, pfn))
-		return false;
-
-	return !has_unmovable_pages(zone, page, 0, MIGRATE_MOVABLE, true);
-}
-
 #if (defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_ISOLATION) && defined(CONFIG_COMPACTION)) || defined(CONFIG_CMA)
 
 static unsigned long pfn_max_align_down(unsigned long pfn)