diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 1002f47..b8fdf4e 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3016,3 +3016,18 @@
 	}
 	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
+void might_fault(void)
+{
+	might_sleep();
+	/*
+	 * it would be nicer only to annotate paths which are not under
+	 * pagefault_disable, however that requires a larger audit and
+	 * providing helpers like get_user_atomic.
+	 */
+	if (!in_atomic() && current->mm)
+		might_lock_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(might_fault);
+#endif