diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index de24ef4cd1af..b935c2c71ec9 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -610,6 +610,18 @@ next_page:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__get_user_pages);
 
+bool vma_permits_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned int fault_flags)
+{
+	vm_flags_t vm_flags;
+
+	vm_flags = (fault_flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) ? VM_WRITE : VM_READ;
+
+	if (!(vm_flags & vma->vm_flags))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * fixup_user_fault() - manually resolve a user page fault
  * @tsk:	the task_struct to use for page fault accounting, or
@@ -645,7 +657,6 @@ int fixup_user_fault(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		     bool *unlocked)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
-	vm_flags_t vm_flags;
 	int ret, major = 0;
 
 	if (unlocked)
@@ -656,8 +667,7 @@ retry:
 	if (!vma || address < vma->vm_start)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	vm_flags = (fault_flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) ? VM_WRITE : VM_READ;
-	if (!(vm_flags & vma->vm_flags))
+	if (!vma_permits_fault(vma, fault_flags))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	ret = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, fault_flags);