diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tlb.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tlb.h
index 20733fa518ae..f6f68f73e858 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tlb.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tlb.h
@@ -46,5 +46,18 @@ static inline void __tlb_remove_tlb_entry(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pte_t *ptep,
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+static inline int mm_is_core_local(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	return cpumask_subset(mm_cpumask(mm),
+			      topology_sibling_cpumask(smp_processor_id()));
+}
+#else
+static inline int mm_is_core_local(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* __ASM_POWERPC_TLB_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb-radix.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb-radix.c
index 6de05c59b375..4d0f03ad0996 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb-radix.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb-radix.c
@@ -165,12 +165,6 @@ void radix__local_flush_tlb_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vmadd
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(radix__local_flush_tlb_page);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-static int mm_is_core_local(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
-	return cpumask_subset(mm_cpumask(mm),
-			      topology_sibling_cpumask(smp_processor_id()));
-}
-
 void radix__flush_tlb_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	unsigned long pid;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_nohash.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_nohash.c
index f4668488512c..050badc0ebd3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_nohash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_nohash.c
@@ -215,12 +215,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(local_flush_tlb_page);
 
 static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(tlbivax_lock);
 
-static int mm_is_core_local(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
-	return cpumask_subset(mm_cpumask(mm),
-			      topology_sibling_cpumask(smp_processor_id()));
-}
-
 struct tlb_flush_param {
 	unsigned long addr;
 	unsigned int pid;