diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/resctrl.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/resctrl.h
index 86407dbde583..011bf67a1866 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/resctrl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/resctrl.h
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static inline void resctrl_arch_mon_ctx_free(struct rdt_resource *r, int evtid,
 					     void *ctx) { };
 
 u64 resctrl_arch_get_prefetch_disable_bits(void);
-int resctrl_arch_pseudo_lock_fn(void *_rdtgrp);
+int resctrl_arch_pseudo_lock_fn(void *_plr);
 int resctrl_arch_measure_cycles_lat_fn(void *_plr);
 int resctrl_arch_measure_l2_residency(void *_plr);
 int resctrl_arch_measure_l3_residency(void *_plr);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
index 8d35bb423aad..0d13006e920b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
@@ -208,43 +208,6 @@ struct mongroup {
 	u32			rmid;
 };
 
-/**
- * struct pseudo_lock_region - pseudo-lock region information
- * @s:			Resctrl schema for the resource to which this
- *			pseudo-locked region belongs
- * @d:			RDT domain to which this pseudo-locked region
- *			belongs
- * @cbm:		bitmask of the pseudo-locked region
- * @lock_thread_wq:	waitqueue used to wait on the pseudo-locking thread
- *			completion
- * @thread_done:	variable used by waitqueue to test if pseudo-locking
- *			thread completed
- * @cpu:		core associated with the cache on which the setup code
- *			will be run
- * @line_size:		size of the cache lines
- * @size:		size of pseudo-locked region in bytes
- * @kmem:		the kernel memory associated with pseudo-locked region
- * @minor:		minor number of character device associated with this
- *			region
- * @debugfs_dir:	pointer to this region's directory in the debugfs
- *			filesystem
- * @pm_reqs:		Power management QoS requests related to this region
- */
-struct pseudo_lock_region {
-	struct resctrl_schema	*s;
-	struct rdt_ctrl_domain	*d;
-	u32			cbm;
-	wait_queue_head_t	lock_thread_wq;
-	int			thread_done;
-	int			cpu;
-	unsigned int		line_size;
-	unsigned int		size;
-	void			*kmem;
-	unsigned int		minor;
-	struct dentry		*debugfs_dir;
-	struct list_head	pm_reqs;
-};
-
 /**
  * struct rdtgroup - store rdtgroup's data in resctrl file system.
  * @kn:				kernfs node
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
index 90044a01d000..01fa7890b43f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static void pseudo_lock_free(struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp)
 
 /**
  * resctrl_arch_pseudo_lock_fn - Load kernel memory into cache
- * @_rdtgrp: resource group to which pseudo-lock region belongs
+ * @_plr: the pseudo-lock region descriptor
  *
  * This is the core pseudo-locking flow.
  *
@@ -431,10 +431,9 @@ static void pseudo_lock_free(struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp)
  *
  * Return: 0. Waiter on waitqueue will be woken on completion.
  */
-int resctrl_arch_pseudo_lock_fn(void *_rdtgrp)
+int resctrl_arch_pseudo_lock_fn(void *_plr)
 {
-	struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp = _rdtgrp;
-	struct pseudo_lock_region *plr = rdtgrp->plr;
+	struct pseudo_lock_region *plr = _plr;
 	u32 rmid_p, closid_p;
 	unsigned long i;
 	u64 saved_msr;
@@ -494,7 +493,8 @@ int resctrl_arch_pseudo_lock_fn(void *_rdtgrp)
 	 * pseudo-locked followed by reading of kernel memory to load it
 	 * into the cache.
 	 */
-	__wrmsr(MSR_IA32_PQR_ASSOC, rmid_p, rdtgrp->closid);
+	__wrmsr(MSR_IA32_PQR_ASSOC, rmid_p, plr->closid);
+
 	/*
 	 * Cache was flushed earlier. Now access kernel memory to read it
 	 * into cache region associated with just activated plr->closid.
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ int rdtgroup_pseudo_lock_create(struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp)
 
 	plr->thread_done = 0;
 
-	thread = kthread_run_on_cpu(resctrl_arch_pseudo_lock_fn, rdtgrp,
+	thread = kthread_run_on_cpu(resctrl_arch_pseudo_lock_fn, plr,
 				    plr->cpu, "pseudo_lock/%u");
 	if (IS_ERR(thread)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(thread);
diff --git a/include/linux/resctrl.h b/include/linux/resctrl.h
index 914df24ffe48..226cc5c0d765 100644
--- a/include/linux/resctrl.h
+++ b/include/linux/resctrl.h
@@ -58,6 +58,45 @@ enum resctrl_conf_type {
 
 #define CDP_NUM_TYPES	(CDP_DATA + 1)
 
+/*
+ * struct pseudo_lock_region - pseudo-lock region information
+ * @s:			Resctrl schema for the resource to which this
+ *			pseudo-locked region belongs
+ * @closid:		The closid that this pseudo-locked region uses
+ * @d:			RDT domain to which this pseudo-locked region
+ *			belongs
+ * @cbm:		bitmask of the pseudo-locked region
+ * @lock_thread_wq:	waitqueue used to wait on the pseudo-locking thread
+ *			completion
+ * @thread_done:	variable used by waitqueue to test if pseudo-locking
+ *			thread completed
+ * @cpu:		core associated with the cache on which the setup code
+ *			will be run
+ * @line_size:		size of the cache lines
+ * @size:		size of pseudo-locked region in bytes
+ * @kmem:		the kernel memory associated with pseudo-locked region
+ * @minor:		minor number of character device associated with this
+ *			region
+ * @debugfs_dir:	pointer to this region's directory in the debugfs
+ *			filesystem
+ * @pm_reqs:		Power management QoS requests related to this region
+ */
+struct pseudo_lock_region {
+	struct resctrl_schema	*s;
+	u32			closid;
+	struct rdt_ctrl_domain	*d;
+	u32			cbm;
+	wait_queue_head_t	lock_thread_wq;
+	int			thread_done;
+	int			cpu;
+	unsigned int		line_size;
+	unsigned int		size;
+	void			*kmem;
+	unsigned int		minor;
+	struct dentry		*debugfs_dir;
+	struct list_head	pm_reqs;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct resctrl_staged_config - parsed configuration to be applied
  * @new_ctrl:		new ctrl value to be loaded