diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 3b5aae29e944..7c2db78e2c6e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
+#include <linux/splice.h>
 
 #include "super.h"
 #include "mds_client.h"
@@ -3010,8 +3011,8 @@ static ssize_t __ceph_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_off,
 		 * {read,write}_iter, which will get caps again.
 		 */
 		put_rd_wr_caps(src_ci, src_got, dst_ci, dst_got);
-		ret = do_splice_direct(src_file, &src_off, dst_file,
-				       &dst_off, src_objlen, flags);
+		ret = do_splice_copy_file_range(src_file, &src_off, dst_file,
+						&dst_off, src_objlen);
 		/* Abort on short copies or on error */
 		if (ret < (long)src_objlen) {
 			doutc(cl, "Failed partial copy (%zd)\n", ret);
@@ -3065,8 +3066,8 @@ static ssize_t __ceph_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_off,
 	 */
 	if (len && (len < src_ci->i_layout.object_size)) {
 		doutc(cl, "Final partial copy of %zu bytes\n", len);
-		bytes = do_splice_direct(src_file, &src_off, dst_file,
-					 &dst_off, len, flags);
+		bytes = do_splice_copy_file_range(src_file, &src_off, dst_file,
+						  &dst_off, len);
 		if (bytes > 0)
 			ret += bytes;
 		else
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index f791555fa246..555514cdad53 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -1423,10 +1423,8 @@ ssize_t generic_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 				struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
 				size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	lockdep_assert(file_write_started(file_out));
-
-	return do_splice_direct(file_in, &pos_in, file_out, &pos_out,
-				len > MAX_RW_COUNT ? MAX_RW_COUNT : len, 0);
+	return do_splice_copy_file_range(file_in, &pos_in, file_out, &pos_out,
+				len > MAX_RW_COUNT ? MAX_RW_COUNT : len);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_copy_file_range);
 
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 3fce5f6072dd..3bb4936f8b70 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1158,8 +1158,15 @@ static int direct_splice_actor(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 {
 	struct file *file = sd->u.file;
 
-	return do_splice_from(pipe, file, sd->opos, sd->total_len,
-			      sd->flags);
+	return do_splice_from(pipe, file, sd->opos, sd->total_len, sd->flags);
+}
+
+static int copy_file_range_splice_actor(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+					struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	struct file *file = sd->u.file;
+
+	return do_splice_from(pipe, file, sd->opos, sd->total_len, sd->flags);
 }
 
 static void direct_file_splice_eof(struct splice_desc *sd)
@@ -1170,25 +1177,10 @@ static void direct_file_splice_eof(struct splice_desc *sd)
 		file->f_op->splice_eof(file);
 }
 
-/**
- * do_splice_direct - splices data directly between two files
- * @in:		file to splice from
- * @ppos:	input file offset
- * @out:	file to splice to
- * @opos:	output file offset
- * @len:	number of bytes to splice
- * @flags:	splice modifier flags
- *
- * Description:
- *    For use by do_sendfile(). splice can easily emulate sendfile, but
- *    doing it in the application would incur an extra system call
- *    (splice in + splice out, as compared to just sendfile()). So this helper
- *    can splice directly through a process-private pipe.
- *
- * Callers already called rw_verify_area() on the entire range.
- */
-long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
-		      loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+static long do_splice_direct_actor(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+				   struct file *out, loff_t *opos,
+				   size_t len, unsigned int flags,
+				   splice_direct_actor *actor)
 {
 	struct splice_desc sd = {
 		.len		= len,
@@ -1207,14 +1199,60 @@ long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
 	if (unlikely(out->f_flags & O_APPEND))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = splice_direct_to_actor(in, &sd, direct_splice_actor);
+	ret = splice_direct_to_actor(in, &sd, actor);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		*ppos = sd.pos;
 
 	return ret;
 }
+/**
+ * do_splice_direct - splices data directly between two files
+ * @in:		file to splice from
+ * @ppos:	input file offset
+ * @out:	file to splice to
+ * @opos:	output file offset
+ * @len:	number of bytes to splice
+ * @flags:	splice modifier flags
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    For use by do_sendfile(). splice can easily emulate sendfile, but
+ *    doing it in the application would incur an extra system call
+ *    (splice in + splice out, as compared to just sendfile()). So this helper
+ *    can splice directly through a process-private pipe.
+ *
+ * Callers already called rw_verify_area() on the entire range.
+ */
+long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+		      loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return do_splice_direct_actor(in, ppos, out, opos, len, flags,
+				      direct_splice_actor);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_splice_direct);
 
+/**
+ * do_splice_copy_file_range - splices data for copy_file_range()
+ * @in:		file to splice from
+ * @ppos:	input file offset
+ * @out:	file to splice to
+ * @opos:	output file offset
+ * @len:	number of bytes to splice
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    For use by generic_copy_file_range() and ->copy_file_range() methods.
+ *
+ * Callers already called rw_verify_area() on the entire range.
+ */
+long do_splice_copy_file_range(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+			       loff_t *opos, size_t len)
+{
+	lockdep_assert(file_write_started(out));
+
+	return do_splice_direct_actor(in, ppos, out, opos, len, 0,
+				      copy_file_range_splice_actor);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_splice_copy_file_range);
+
 static int wait_for_space(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned flags)
 {
 	for (;;) {
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index ae0e2fb7bcea..04422a0eccdd 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3052,8 +3052,6 @@ ssize_t copy_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 			 size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 extern ssize_t iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 		struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
-extern long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
-		loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 
 
 extern void
diff --git a/include/linux/splice.h b/include/linux/splice.h
index 6c461573434d..11e62b641d69 100644
--- a/include/linux/splice.h
+++ b/include/linux/splice.h
@@ -80,11 +80,14 @@ extern ssize_t add_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 		     struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
 		     unsigned int flags);
-extern ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *, struct splice_desc *,
-				      splice_direct_actor *);
-extern long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in,
-		      struct file *out, loff_t *off_out,
-		      size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *file, struct splice_desc *sd,
+			       splice_direct_actor *actor);
+long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
+	       loff_t *off_out, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+		      loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+long do_splice_copy_file_range(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+			       loff_t *opos, size_t len);
 
 extern long do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len,
 		   unsigned int flags);
