diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 49d2e686be74..c7cde4e5924d 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ static int hugetlbfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
  * Called under mmap_write_lock(mm).
  */
 
-#ifndef HAVE_ARCH_HUGETLB_UNMAPPED_AREA
 static unsigned long
 hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_bottomup(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
@@ -244,9 +243,10 @@ hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	return addr;
 }
 
-static unsigned long
-hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
-		unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
+unsigned long
+generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
+				  unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+				  unsigned long flags)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
@@ -282,6 +282,15 @@ hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	return hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_bottomup(file, addr, len,
 			pgoff, flags);
 }
+
+#ifndef HAVE_ARCH_HUGETLB_UNMAPPED_AREA
+static unsigned long
+hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
+			  unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+			  unsigned long flags)
+{
+	return generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+}
 #endif
 
 static size_t
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 00351ccb49a3..df899d1937ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -513,6 +513,11 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 					unsigned long flags);
 #endif /* HAVE_ARCH_HUGETLB_UNMAPPED_AREA */
 
+unsigned long
+generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
+				  unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+				  unsigned long flags);
+
 /*
  * huegtlb page specific state flags.  These flags are located in page.private
  * of the hugetlb head page.  Functions created via the below macros should be
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index aca874d33fe6..2584f7c13f69 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ extern unsigned long
 arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 			  unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
 			  unsigned long flags);
+
+unsigned long
+generic_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
+			  unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+			  unsigned long flags);
+unsigned long
+generic_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
+				  unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+				  unsigned long flags);
 #else
 static inline void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					 struct rlimit *rlim_stack) {}
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index bfb0ea164a90..7ac6a07ff382 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2131,10 +2131,10 @@ unsigned long vm_unmapped_area(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info)
  *
  * This function "knows" that -ENOMEM has the bits set.
  */
-#ifndef HAVE_ARCH_UNMAPPED_AREA
 unsigned long
-arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
-		unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
+generic_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
+			  unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+			  unsigned long flags)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev;
@@ -2164,17 +2164,25 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 	info.align_offset = 0;
 	return vm_unmapped_area(&info);
 }
+
+#ifndef HAVE_ARCH_UNMAPPED_AREA
+unsigned long
+arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
+		       unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+		       unsigned long flags)
+{
+	return generic_get_unmapped_area(filp, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+}
 #endif
 
 /*
  * This mmap-allocator allocates new areas top-down from below the
  * stack's low limit (the base):
  */
-#ifndef HAVE_ARCH_UNMAPPED_AREA_TOPDOWN
 unsigned long
-arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
-			  unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
-			  unsigned long flags)
+generic_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
+				  unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+				  unsigned long flags)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
@@ -2222,6 +2230,15 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 
 	return addr;
 }
+
+#ifndef HAVE_ARCH_UNMAPPED_AREA_TOPDOWN
+unsigned long
+arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
+			       unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+			       unsigned long flags)
+{
+	return generic_get_unmapped_area_topdown(filp, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+}
 #endif
 
 unsigned long
