diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 01bdf9dbbfac774380b2d25336c52b5822359b08..861f7982dd54db7bfad268386185fe1829db01bd 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3351,7 +3351,7 @@ int in_gate_area_no_task(unsigned long addr)
 
 #endif	/* __HAVE_ARCH_GATE_AREA */
 
-static int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
+static int __follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 		pte_t **ptepp, spinlock_t **ptlp)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd;
@@ -3388,6 +3388,17 @@ out:
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static inline int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
+			     pte_t **ptepp, spinlock_t **ptlp)
+{
+	int res;
+
+	/* (void) is needed to make gcc happy */
+	(void) __cond_lock(*ptlp,
+			   !(res = __follow_pte(mm, address, ptepp, ptlp)));
+	return res;
+}
+
 /**
  * follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
  * @vma: memory mapping