diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
index 1bdef5c241f7..3f9bb4725119 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
@@ -143,26 +143,17 @@ int fb_deferred_io_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasy
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fb_deferred_io_fsync);
 
-/* vm_ops->page_mkwrite handler */
-static vm_fault_t fb_deferred_io_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+/*
+ * Adds a page to the dirty list. Call this from struct
+ * vm_operations_struct.page_mkwrite.
+ */
+static vm_fault_t fb_deferred_io_track_page(struct fb_info *info, unsigned long offset,
+					    struct page *page)
 {
-	struct page *page = vmf->page;
-	struct fb_info *info = vmf->vma->vm_private_data;
 	struct fb_deferred_io *fbdefio = info->fbdefio;
 	struct fb_deferred_io_pageref *pageref;
-	unsigned long offset;
 	vm_fault_t ret;
 
-	offset = (vmf->address - vmf->vma->vm_start);
-
-	/* this is a callback we get when userspace first tries to
-	write to the page. we schedule a workqueue. that workqueue
-	will eventually mkclean the touched pages and execute the
-	deferred framebuffer IO. then if userspace touches a page
-	again, we repeat the same scheme */
-
-	file_update_time(vmf->vma->vm_file);
-
 	/* protect against the workqueue changing the page list */
 	mutex_lock(&fbdefio->lock);
 
@@ -197,6 +188,38 @@ err_mutex_unlock:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * fb_deferred_io_page_mkwrite - Mark a page as written for deferred I/O
+ * @fb_info: The fbdev info structure
+ * @vmf: The VM fault
+ *
+ * This is a callback we get when userspace first tries to
+ * write to the page. We schedule a workqueue. That workqueue
+ * will eventually mkclean the touched pages and execute the
+ * deferred framebuffer IO. Then if userspace touches a page
+ * again, we repeat the same scheme.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * VM_FAULT_LOCKED on success, or a VM_FAULT error otherwise.
+ */
+static vm_fault_t fb_deferred_io_page_mkwrite(struct fb_info *info, struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	unsigned long offset = vmf->address - vmf->vma->vm_start;
+	struct page *page = vmf->page;
+
+	file_update_time(vmf->vma->vm_file);
+
+	return fb_deferred_io_track_page(info, offset, page);
+}
+
+/* vm_ops->page_mkwrite handler */
+static vm_fault_t fb_deferred_io_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	struct fb_info *info = vmf->vma->vm_private_data;
+
+	return fb_deferred_io_page_mkwrite(info, vmf);
+}
+
 static const struct vm_operations_struct fb_deferred_io_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= fb_deferred_io_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= fb_deferred_io_mkwrite,