diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index 51bdf1808943..6d21894806b4 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -488,28 +488,6 @@ get_compat_sigset(sigset_t *set, const compat_sigset_t __user *compat)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_compat_sigset);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, compat_ulong_t, nr_pages,
-		       compat_uptr_t __user *, pages32,
-		       const int __user *, nodes,
-		       int __user *, status,
-		       int, flags)
-{
-	const void __user * __user *pages;
-	int i;
-
-	pages = compat_alloc_user_space(nr_pages * sizeof(void *));
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
-		compat_uptr_t p;
-
-		if (get_user(p, pages32 + i) ||
-			put_user(compat_ptr(p), pages + i))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-	return sys_move_pages(pid, nr_pages, pages, nodes, status, flags);
-}
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Allocate user-space memory for the duration of a single system call,
  * in order to marshall parameters inside a compat thunk.
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 1e5525a25691..003886606a22 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/compaction.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
 #include <linux/hugetlb_cgroup.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
@@ -1745,10 +1746,10 @@ static int do_pages_stat(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long nr_pages,
  * Move a list of pages in the address space of the currently executing
  * process.
  */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
-		const void __user * __user *, pages,
-		const int __user *, nodes,
-		int __user *, status, int, flags)
+static int kernel_move_pages(pid_t pid, unsigned long nr_pages,
+			     const void __user * __user *pages,
+			     const int __user *nodes,
+			     int __user *status, int flags)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
@@ -1807,6 +1808,36 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
+		const void __user * __user *, pages,
+		const int __user *, nodes,
+		int __user *, status, int, flags)
+{
+	return kernel_move_pages(pid, nr_pages, pages, nodes, status, flags);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, compat_ulong_t, nr_pages,
+		       compat_uptr_t __user *, pages32,
+		       const int __user *, nodes,
+		       int __user *, status,
+		       int, flags)
+{
+	const void __user * __user *pages;
+	int i;
+
+	pages = compat_alloc_user_space(nr_pages * sizeof(void *));
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
+		compat_uptr_t p;
+
+		if (get_user(p, pages32 + i) ||
+			put_user(compat_ptr(p), pages + i))
+			return -EFAULT;
+	}
+	return kernel_move_pages(pid, nr_pages, pages, nodes, status, flags);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
 /*
  * Returns true if this is a safe migration target node for misplaced NUMA