diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index e207f8f9b7007..432b9e6dd63b9 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -819,16 +819,16 @@ static int dax_insert_mapping(struct address_space *mapping,
 }
 
 /**
- * __dax_fault - handle a page fault on a DAX file
+ * dax_fault - handle a page fault on a DAX file
  * @vma: The virtual memory area where the fault occurred
  * @vmf: The description of the fault
  * @get_block: The filesystem method used to translate file offsets to blocks
  *
  * When a page fault occurs, filesystems may call this helper in their
- * fault handler for DAX files. __dax_fault() assumes the caller has done all
+ * fault handler for DAX files. dax_fault() assumes the caller has done all
  * the necessary locking for the page fault to proceed successfully.
  */
-int __dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
+int dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 			get_block_t get_block)
 {
 	struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
@@ -913,33 +913,6 @@ int __dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | major;
 	return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | major;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dax_fault);
-
-/**
- * dax_fault - handle a page fault on a DAX file
- * @vma: The virtual memory area where the fault occurred
- * @vmf: The description of the fault
- * @get_block: The filesystem method used to translate file offsets to blocks
- *
- * When a page fault occurs, filesystems may call this helper in their
- * fault handler for DAX files.
- */
-int dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
-	      get_block_t get_block)
-{
-	int result;
-	struct super_block *sb = file_inode(vma->vm_file)->i_sb;
-
-	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
-		sb_start_pagefault(sb);
-		file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
-	}
-	result = __dax_fault(vma, vmf, get_block);
-	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
-		sb_end_pagefault(sb);
-
-	return result;
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_fault);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)
@@ -967,7 +940,16 @@ static void __dax_dbg(struct buffer_head *bh, unsigned long address,
 
 #define dax_pmd_dbg(bh, address, reason)	__dax_dbg(bh, address, reason, "dax_pmd")
 
-int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+/**
+ * dax_pmd_fault - handle a PMD fault on a DAX file
+ * @vma: The virtual memory area where the fault occurred
+ * @vmf: The description of the fault
+ * @get_block: The filesystem method used to translate file offsets to blocks
+ *
+ * When a page fault occurs, filesystems may call this helper in their
+ * pmd_fault handler for DAX files.
+ */
+int dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		pmd_t *pmd, unsigned int flags, get_block_t get_block)
 {
 	struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
@@ -1119,7 +1101,7 @@ int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		 *
 		 * The PMD path doesn't have an equivalent to
 		 * dax_pfn_mkwrite(), though, so for a read followed by a
-		 * write we traverse all the way through __dax_pmd_fault()
+		 * write we traverse all the way through dax_pmd_fault()
 		 * twice.  This means we can just skip inserting a radix tree
 		 * entry completely on the initial read and just wait until
 		 * the write to insert a dirty entry.
@@ -1148,33 +1130,6 @@ int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	result = VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 	goto out;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__dax_pmd_fault);
-
-/**
- * dax_pmd_fault - handle a PMD fault on a DAX file
- * @vma: The virtual memory area where the fault occurred
- * @vmf: The description of the fault
- * @get_block: The filesystem method used to translate file offsets to blocks
- *
- * When a page fault occurs, filesystems may call this helper in their
- * pmd_fault handler for DAX files.
- */
-int dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
-			pmd_t *pmd, unsigned int flags, get_block_t get_block)
-{
-	int result;
-	struct super_block *sb = file_inode(vma->vm_file)->i_sb;
-
-	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
-		sb_start_pagefault(sb);
-		file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
-	}
-	result = __dax_pmd_fault(vma, address, pmd, flags, get_block);
-	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
-		sb_end_pagefault(sb);
-
-	return result;
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_pmd_fault);
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index 868c02317b05c..5efeefe17abb4 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int ext2_dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	}
 	down_read(&ei->dax_sem);
 
-	ret = __dax_fault(vma, vmf, ext2_get_block);
+	ret = dax_fault(vma, vmf, ext2_get_block);
 
 	up_read(&ei->dax_sem);
 	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static int ext2_dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	}
 	down_read(&ei->dax_sem);
 
-	ret = __dax_pmd_fault(vma, addr, pmd, flags, ext2_get_block);
+	ret = dax_pmd_fault(vma, addr, pmd, flags, ext2_get_block);
 
 	up_read(&ei->dax_sem);
 	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index df44c877892a5..6664f9c82005c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static int ext4_dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		result = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	else
-		result = __dax_fault(vma, vmf, ext4_dax_get_block);
+		result = dax_fault(vma, vmf, ext4_dax_get_block);
 
 	if (write) {
 		if (!IS_ERR(handle))
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static int ext4_dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		result = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	else
-		result = __dax_pmd_fault(vma, addr, pmd, flags,
+		result = dax_pmd_fault(vma, addr, pmd, flags,
 					 ext4_dax_get_block);
 
 	if (write) {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 47fc632954228..1b3dc9dd88611 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ xfs_filemap_page_mkwrite(
 	xfs_ilock(XFS_I(inode), XFS_MMAPLOCK_SHARED);
 
 	if (IS_DAX(inode)) {
-		ret = __dax_mkwrite(vma, vmf, xfs_get_blocks_dax_fault);
+		ret = dax_mkwrite(vma, vmf, xfs_get_blocks_dax_fault);
 	} else {
 		ret = block_page_mkwrite(vma, vmf, xfs_get_blocks);
 		ret = block_page_mkwrite_return(ret);
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ xfs_filemap_fault(
 		 * changes to xfs_get_blocks_direct() to map unwritten extent
 		 * ioend for conversion on read-only mappings.
 		 */
-		ret = __dax_fault(vma, vmf, xfs_get_blocks_dax_fault);
+		ret = dax_fault(vma, vmf, xfs_get_blocks_dax_fault);
 	} else
 		ret = filemap_fault(vma, vmf);
 	xfs_iunlock(XFS_I(inode), XFS_MMAPLOCK_SHARED);
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ xfs_filemap_pmd_fault(
 	}
 
 	xfs_ilock(XFS_I(inode), XFS_MMAPLOCK_SHARED);
-	ret = __dax_pmd_fault(vma, addr, pmd, flags, xfs_get_blocks_dax_fault);
+	ret = dax_pmd_fault(vma, addr, pmd, flags, xfs_get_blocks_dax_fault);
 	xfs_iunlock(XFS_I(inode), XFS_MMAPLOCK_SHARED);
 
 	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index 43d5f0b799c76..9c6dc77040434 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ ssize_t dax_do_io(struct kiocb *, struct inode *, struct iov_iter *,
 int dax_zero_page_range(struct inode *, loff_t from, unsigned len, get_block_t);
 int dax_truncate_page(struct inode *, loff_t from, get_block_t);
 int dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *, get_block_t);
-int __dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *, get_block_t);
 int dax_delete_mapping_entry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index);
 void dax_wake_mapping_entry_waiter(struct address_space *mapping,
 				   pgoff_t index, bool wake_all);
@@ -46,19 +45,15 @@ static inline int __dax_zero_page_range(struct block_device *bdev,
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)
 int dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long addr, pmd_t *,
 				unsigned int flags, get_block_t);
-int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long addr, pmd_t *,
-				unsigned int flags, get_block_t);
 #else
 static inline int dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 				pmd_t *pmd, unsigned int flags, get_block_t gb)
 {
 	return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 }
-#define __dax_pmd_fault dax_pmd_fault
 #endif
 int dax_pfn_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *);
 #define dax_mkwrite(vma, vmf, gb)	dax_fault(vma, vmf, gb)
-#define __dax_mkwrite(vma, vmf, gb)	__dax_fault(vma, vmf, gb)
 
 static inline bool vma_is_dax(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {