diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h
index c6136d79f8c07..fc4db51f3b536 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ int copy_kernel_to_xstate(struct xregs_state *xsave, const void *kbuf);
 int copy_user_to_xstate(struct xregs_state *xsave, const void __user *ubuf);
 
 /* Validate an xstate header supplied by userspace (ptrace or sigreturn) */
-extern int validate_xstate_header(const struct xstate_header *hdr);
+int validate_user_xstate_header(const struct xstate_header *hdr);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c
index d652b939ccfb5..bd1d0649f8cef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int xstateregs_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 	} else {
 		ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, xsave, 0, -1);
 		if (!ret)
-			ret = validate_xstate_header(&xsave->header);
+			ret = validate_user_xstate_header(&xsave->header);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c
index 400a05e1c1c51..585e3651b98f7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static int __fpu__restore_sig(void __user *buf, void __user *buf_fx, int size)
 			ret = __copy_from_user(&fpu->state.xsave, buf_fx, state_size);
 
 			if (!ret && state_size > offsetof(struct xregs_state, header))
-				ret = validate_xstate_header(&fpu->state.xsave.header);
+				ret = validate_user_xstate_header(&fpu->state.xsave.header);
 		}
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_out;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
index 32b153d387486..8ed64397c78bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ int using_compacted_format(void)
 }
 
 /* Validate an xstate header supplied by userspace (ptrace or sigreturn) */
-int validate_xstate_header(const struct xstate_header *hdr)
+int validate_user_xstate_header(const struct xstate_header *hdr)
 {
 	/* No unknown or supervisor features may be set */
 	if (hdr->xfeatures & (~xfeatures_mask | XFEATURE_MASK_SUPERVISOR))
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ int copy_kernel_to_xstate(struct xregs_state *xsave, const void *kbuf)
 
 	memcpy(&hdr, kbuf + offset, size);
 
-	if (validate_xstate_header(&hdr))
+	if (validate_user_xstate_header(&hdr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < XFEATURE_MAX; i++) {
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ int copy_user_to_xstate(struct xregs_state *xsave, const void __user *ubuf)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&hdr, ubuf + offset, size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (validate_xstate_header(&hdr))
+	if (validate_user_xstate_header(&hdr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < XFEATURE_MAX; i++) {