diff --git a/fs/crypto/fname.c b/fs/crypto/fname.c
index 7b3fc189593a..0ad52fbe51c9 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/fname.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/fname.c
@@ -74,13 +74,7 @@ struct fscrypt_nokey_name {
 
 static inline bool fscrypt_is_dot_dotdot(const struct qstr *str)
 {
-	if (str->len == 1 && str->name[0] == '.')
-		return true;
-
-	if (str->len == 2 && str->name[0] == '.' && str->name[1] == '.')
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
+	return is_dot_dotdot(str->name, str->len);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index 03bd55069d86..2fe0f3af1a08 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -1949,16 +1949,6 @@ out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static bool is_dot_dotdot(const char *name, size_t name_size)
-{
-	if (name_size == 1 && name[0] == '.')
-		return true;
-	else if (name_size == 2 && name[0] == '.' && name[1] == '.')
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 /**
  * ecryptfs_decode_and_decrypt_filename - converts the encoded cipher text name to decoded plaintext
  * @plaintext_name: The plaintext name
diff --git a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
index dcf7d86c2ce4..07ea3d62b298 100644
--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -244,16 +244,6 @@ struct getdents_callback {
 	int sequence;		/* sequence counter */
 };
 
-/* Copied from lookup_one_common() */
-static inline bool is_dot_dotdot(const char *name, size_t len)
-{
-	if (unlikely(name[0] == '.')) {
-		if (len < 2 || (len == 2 && name[1] == '.'))
-			return true;
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-
 /*
  * A rather strange filldir function to capture
  * the name matching the specified inode number.
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 9043cedfa12b..322a3b8a3533 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3368,17 +3368,6 @@ static inline bool f2fs_cp_error(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	return is_set_ckpt_flags(sbi, CP_ERROR_FLAG);
 }
 
-static inline bool is_dot_dotdot(const u8 *name, size_t len)
-{
-	if (len == 1 && name[0] == '.')
-		return true;
-
-	if (len == 2 && name[0] == '.' && name[1] == '.')
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 static inline void *f2fs_kmalloc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 					size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 71c13b2990b4..2386a70667fa 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2667,10 +2667,8 @@ static int lookup_one_common(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	if (!len)
 		return -EACCES;
 
-	if (unlikely(name[0] == '.')) {
-		if (len < 2 || (len == 2 && name[1] == '.'))
-			return -EACCES;
-	}
+	if (is_dot_dotdot(name, len))
+		return -EACCES;
 
 	while (len--) {
 		unsigned int c = *(const unsigned char *)name++;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 98b7a7a8c42e..baa64344a308 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2846,6 +2846,17 @@ extern bool path_is_under(const struct path *, const struct path *);
 
 extern char *file_path(struct file *, char *, int);
 
+/**
+ * is_dot_dotdot - returns true only if @name is "." or ".."
+ * @name: file name to check
+ * @len: length of file name, in bytes
+ */
+static inline bool is_dot_dotdot(const char *name, size_t len)
+{
+	return len && unlikely(name[0] == '.') &&
+		(len == 1 || (len == 2 && name[1] == '.'));
+}
+
 #include <linux/err.h>
 
 /* needed for stackable file system support */