diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index e2d234243269..cca635d252d4 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -199,11 +199,6 @@ static int proc_root_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)
 	return result;
 }
 
-struct mm_struct *mm_for_maps(struct task_struct *task)
-{
-	return mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ);
-}
-
 static int proc_pid_cmdline(struct task_struct *task, char * buffer)
 {
 	int res = 0;
@@ -243,7 +238,7 @@ out:
 
 static int proc_pid_auxv(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer)
 {
-	struct mm_struct *mm = mm_for_maps(task);
+	struct mm_struct *mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ);
 	int res = PTR_ERR(mm);
 	if (mm && !IS_ERR(mm)) {
 		unsigned int nwords = 0;
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 5f79bb8b4c60..a30643784db5 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ struct vmalloc_info {
 	unsigned long	largest_chunk;
 };
 
-extern struct mm_struct *mm_for_maps(struct task_struct *);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 #define VMALLOC_TOTAL (VMALLOC_END - VMALLOC_START)
 extern void get_vmalloc_info(struct vmalloc_info *vmi);
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 7faaf2acc570..83ede6e3b5ec 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 	if (!priv->task)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
 
-	mm = mm_for_maps(priv->task);
+	mm = mm_access(priv->task, PTRACE_MODE_READ);
 	if (!mm || IS_ERR(mm))
 		return mm;
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ static ssize_t pagemap_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	if (!pm.buffer)
 		goto out_task;
 
-	mm = mm_for_maps(task);
+	mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ);
 	ret = PTR_ERR(mm);
 	if (!mm || IS_ERR(mm))
 		goto out_free;
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
index 74fe164d1b23..1ccfa537f5f5 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 	if (!priv->task)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
 
-	mm = mm_for_maps(priv->task);
+	mm = mm_access(priv->task, PTRACE_MODE_READ);
 	if (!mm || IS_ERR(mm)) {
 		put_task_struct(priv->task);
 		priv->task = NULL;