diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
index 5d0f6891ae61..2e5cada5f74e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -590,6 +590,4 @@ static inline void perf_lopwr_cb(bool lopwr_in)
  static inline void amd_pmu_disable_virt(void) { }
 #endif
 
-#define arch_perf_out_copy_user copy_from_user_nmi
-
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_PERF_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
index 4f1a40a86534..e85937696afd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ clean-files := inat-tables.c
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += msr-smp.o cache-smp.o
 
 lib-y := delay.o misc.o cmdline.o cpu.o
-lib-y += usercopy_$(BITS).o usercopy.o getuser.o putuser.o
+lib-y += usercopy_$(BITS).o getuser.o putuser.o
 lib-y += memcpy_$(BITS).o
 lib-y += pc-conf-reg.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_COPY_MC) += copy_mc.o copy_mc_64.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 24b48af27417..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * User address space access functions.
- *
- *  For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
- */
-
-#include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <linux/export.h>
-#include <linux/instrumented.h>
-
-#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
-
-/**
- * copy_from_user_nmi - NMI safe copy from user
- * @to:		Pointer to the destination buffer
- * @from:	Pointer to a user space address of the current task
- * @n:		Number of bytes to copy
- *
- * Returns: The number of not copied bytes. 0 is success, i.e. all bytes copied
- *
- * Contrary to other copy_from_user() variants this function can be called
- * from NMI context. Despite the name it is not restricted to be called
- * from NMI context. It is safe to be called from any other context as
- * well. It disables pagefaults across the copy which means a fault will
- * abort the copy.
- *
- * For NMI context invocations this relies on the nested NMI work to allow
- * atomic faults from the NMI path; the nested NMI paths are careful to
- * preserve CR2.
- */
-unsigned long
-copy_from_user_nmi(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
-{
-	unsigned long ret;
-
-	if (!__access_ok(from, n))
-		return n;
-
-	if (!nmi_uaccess_okay())
-		return n;
-
-	/*
-	 * Even though this function is typically called from NMI/IRQ context
-	 * disable pagefaults so that its behaviour is consistent even when
-	 * called from other contexts.
-	 */
-	pagefault_disable();
-	instrument_copy_from_user_before(to, from, n);
-	ret = raw_copy_from_user(to, from, n);
-	instrument_copy_from_user_after(to, from, n, ret);
-	pagefault_enable();
-
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(copy_from_user_nmi);
diff --git a/kernel/events/internal.h b/kernel/events/internal.h
index 5150d5f84c03..62fe2089a1f9 100644
--- a/kernel/events/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/events/internal.h
@@ -190,21 +190,7 @@ memcpy_skip(void *dst, const void *src, unsigned long n)
 
 DEFINE_OUTPUT_COPY(__output_skip, memcpy_skip)
 
-#ifndef arch_perf_out_copy_user
-#define arch_perf_out_copy_user arch_perf_out_copy_user
-
-static inline unsigned long
-arch_perf_out_copy_user(void *dst, const void *src, unsigned long n)
-{
-	unsigned long ret;
-
-	pagefault_disable();
-	ret = __copy_from_user_inatomic(dst, src, n);
-	pagefault_enable();
-
-	return ret;
-}
-#endif
+#define arch_perf_out_copy_user copy_from_user_nmi
 
 DEFINE_OUTPUT_COPY(__output_copy_user, arch_perf_out_copy_user)
 
diff --git a/mm/maccess.c b/mm/maccess.c
index 6ee9b337c501..aa7520bb64bf 100644
--- a/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/mm/maccess.c
@@ -103,17 +103,27 @@ long strncpy_from_kernel_nofault(char *dst, const void *unsafe_addr, long count)
 }
 
 /**
- * copy_from_user_nofault(): safely attempt to read from a user-space location
- * @dst: pointer to the buffer that shall take the data
- * @src: address to read from. This must be a user address.
- * @size: size of the data chunk
+ * copy_from_user_nmi - NMI safe copy from user
+ * @dst:	Pointer to the destination buffer
+ * @src:	Pointer to a user space address of the current task
+ * @size:	Number of bytes to copy
  *
- * Safely read from user address @src to the buffer at @dst. If a kernel fault
- * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
+ * Returns: The number of not copied bytes. 0 is success, i.e. all bytes copied
+ *
+ * Contrary to other copy_from_user() variants this function can be called
+ * from NMI context. Despite the name it is not restricted to be called
+ * from NMI context. It is safe to be called from any other context as
+ * well. It disables pagefaults across the copy which means a fault will
+ * abort the copy.
+ *
+ * For NMI context invocations this relies on the nested NMI work to allow
+ * atomic faults from the NMI path; the nested NMI paths are careful to
+ * preserve CR2 on X86 architecture.
  */
-long copy_from_user_nofault(void *dst, const void __user *src, size_t size)
+unsigned long
+copy_from_user_nmi(void *dst, const void __user *src, unsigned long size)
 {
-	long ret = -EFAULT;
+	unsigned long ret = size;
 
 	if (!__access_ok(src, size))
 		return ret;
@@ -121,13 +131,33 @@ long copy_from_user_nofault(void *dst, const void __user *src, size_t size)
 	if (!nmi_uaccess_okay())
 		return ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Even though this function is typically called from NMI/IRQ context
+	 * disable pagefaults so that its behaviour is consistent even when
+	 * called from other contexts.
+	 */
 	pagefault_disable();
 	instrument_copy_from_user_before(dst, src, size);
 	ret = raw_copy_from_user(dst, src, size);
 	instrument_copy_from_user_after(dst, src, size, ret);
 	pagefault_enable();
 
-	if (ret)
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(copy_from_user_nmi);
+
+/**
+ * copy_from_user_nofault(): safely attempt to read from a user-space location
+ * @dst: pointer to the buffer that shall take the data
+ * @src: address to read from. This must be a user address.
+ * @size: size of the data chunk
+ *
+ * Safely read from user address @src to the buffer at @dst. If a kernel fault
+ * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
+ */
+long copy_from_user_nofault(void *dst, const void __user *src, size_t size)
+{
+	if (copy_from_user_nmi(dst, src, size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return 0;
 }
