diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
index 9fd77f8794a0..700301bc5190 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
@@ -1009,7 +1009,8 @@ static inline void pmdp_huge_split_prepare(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 #define pmd_move_must_withdraw pmd_move_must_withdraw
 struct spinlock;
 static inline int pmd_move_must_withdraw(struct spinlock *new_pmd_ptl,
-					 struct spinlock *old_pmd_ptl)
+					 struct spinlock *old_pmd_ptl,
+					 struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	if (radix_enabled())
 		return false;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 41b95d82a185..2065e81701fc 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -652,18 +652,6 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_read_atomic(pmd_t *pmdp)
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifndef pmd_move_must_withdraw
-static inline int pmd_move_must_withdraw(spinlock_t *new_pmd_ptl,
-					 spinlock_t *old_pmd_ptl)
-{
-	/*
-	 * With split pmd lock we also need to move preallocated
-	 * PTE page table if new_pmd is on different PMD page table.
-	 */
-	return new_pmd_ptl != old_pmd_ptl;
-}
-#endif
-
 /*
  * This function is meant to be used by sites walking pagetables with
  * the mmap_sem hold in read mode to protect against MADV_DONTNEED and
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 26fd1161ca85..b54044c21076 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1429,6 +1429,21 @@ int zap_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+#ifndef pmd_move_must_withdraw
+static inline int pmd_move_must_withdraw(spinlock_t *new_pmd_ptl,
+					 spinlock_t *old_pmd_ptl,
+					 struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	/*
+	 * With split pmd lock we also need to move preallocated
+	 * PTE page table if new_pmd is on different PMD page table.
+	 *
+	 * We also don't deposit and withdraw tables for file pages.
+	 */
+	return (new_pmd_ptl != old_pmd_ptl) && vma_is_anonymous(vma);
+}
+#endif
+
 bool move_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long old_addr,
 		  unsigned long new_addr, unsigned long old_end,
 		  pmd_t *old_pmd, pmd_t *new_pmd, bool *need_flush)
@@ -1466,8 +1481,7 @@ bool move_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long old_addr,
 			force_flush = true;
 		VM_BUG_ON(!pmd_none(*new_pmd));
 
-		if (pmd_move_must_withdraw(new_ptl, old_ptl) &&
-				vma_is_anonymous(vma)) {
+		if (pmd_move_must_withdraw(new_ptl, old_ptl, vma)) {
 			pgtable_t pgtable;
 			pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(mm, old_pmd);
 			pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(mm, new_pmd, pgtable);