diff --git a/include/linux/thread_info.h b/include/linux/thread_info.h
index 73a6f34b3847..9f392ec76f2b 100644
--- a/include/linux/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/thread_info.h
@@ -209,9 +209,12 @@ __bad_copy_from(void);
 extern void __compiletime_error("copy destination size is too small")
 __bad_copy_to(void);
 
+void __copy_overflow(int size, unsigned long count);
+
 static inline void copy_overflow(int size, unsigned long count)
 {
-	WARN(1, "Buffer overflow detected (%d < %lu)!\n", size, count);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BUG))
+		__copy_overflow(size, count);
 }
 
 static __always_inline __must_check bool
diff --git a/mm/maccess.c b/mm/maccess.c
index d3f1a1f0b1c1..3fed2b876539 100644
--- a/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/mm/maccess.c
@@ -335,3 +335,9 @@ long strnlen_user_nofault(const void __user *unsafe_addr, long count)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+void __copy_overflow(int size, unsigned long count)
+{
+	WARN(1, "Buffer overflow detected (%d < %lu)!\n", size, count);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__copy_overflow);