diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 28c57c2536d0..938f52702a7a 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -639,6 +639,30 @@ static bool mapping_needs_writeback(struct address_space *mapping)
 	return mapping->nrpages;
 }
 
+static bool filemap_range_has_writeback(struct address_space *mapping,
+					loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
+{
+	XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, start_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	pgoff_t max = end_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	struct page *page;
+
+	if (end_byte < start_byte)
+		return false;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	xas_for_each(&xas, page, max) {
+		if (xas_retry(&xas, page))
+			continue;
+		if (xa_is_value(page))
+			continue;
+		if (PageDirty(page) || PageLocked(page) || PageWriteback(page))
+			break;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return page != NULL;
+
+}
+
 /**
  * filemap_range_needs_writeback - check if range potentially needs writeback
  * @mapping:           address space within which to check
@@ -656,29 +680,12 @@ static bool mapping_needs_writeback(struct address_space *mapping)
 bool filemap_range_needs_writeback(struct address_space *mapping,
 				   loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
 {
-	XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, start_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-	pgoff_t max = end_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	struct page *page;
-
 	if (!mapping_needs_writeback(mapping))
 		return false;
 	if (!mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY) &&
 	    !mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK))
 		return false;
-	if (end_byte < start_byte)
-		return false;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	xas_for_each(&xas, page, max) {
-		if (xas_retry(&xas, page))
-			continue;
-		if (xa_is_value(page))
-			continue;
-		if (PageDirty(page) || PageLocked(page) || PageWriteback(page))
-			break;
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	return page != NULL;
+	return filemap_range_has_writeback(mapping, start_byte, end_byte);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(filemap_range_needs_writeback);