diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
index d463d89f5db8..146291be6263 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int cachefiles_daemon_add_cache(struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
 	root = path.dentry;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (mnt_user_ns(path.mnt) != &init_user_ns) {
+	if (is_idmapped_mnt(path.mnt)) {
 		pr_warn("File cache on idmapped mounts not supported");
 		goto error_unsupported;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
index d66bbd2df191..2dd23a82e0de 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	if (mnt_user_ns(path.mnt) != &init_user_ns) {
+	if (is_idmapped_mnt(path.mnt)) {
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Mounting on idmapped mounts currently disallowed\n");
 		goto out_free;
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index b696543adab8..5b5aa107b9f3 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -3936,7 +3936,7 @@ static int can_idmap_mount(const struct mount_kattr *kattr, struct mount *mnt)
 	 * mapping. It makes things simpler and callers can just create
 	 * another bind-mount they can idmap if they want to.
 	 */
-	if (mnt_user_ns(m) != &init_user_ns)
+	if (is_idmapped_mnt(m))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	/* The underlying filesystem doesn't support idmapped mounts yet. */
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 9421dae22737..668c7527b17e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static int check_export(struct path *path, int *flags, unsigned char *uuid)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (mnt_user_ns(path->mnt) != &init_user_ns) {
+	if (is_idmapped_mnt(path->mnt)) {
 		dprintk("exp_export: export of idmapped mounts not yet supported.\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 265181c110ae..7bb0a47cb615 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ static int ovl_mount_dir_noesc(const char *name, struct path *path)
 		pr_err("filesystem on '%s' not supported\n", name);
 		goto out_put;
 	}
-	if (mnt_user_ns(path->mnt) != &init_user_ns) {
+	if (is_idmapped_mnt(path->mnt)) {
 		pr_err("idmapped layers are currently not supported\n");
 		goto out_put;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/proc_namespace.c b/fs/proc_namespace.c
index 392ef5162655..49650e54d2f8 100644
--- a/fs/proc_namespace.c
+++ b/fs/proc_namespace.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static void show_mnt_opts(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 			seq_puts(m, fs_infop->str);
 	}
 
-	if (mnt_user_ns(mnt) != &init_user_ns)
+	if (is_idmapped_mnt(mnt))
 		seq_puts(m, ",idmapped");
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 56eba723477e..5720473b94b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2726,6 +2726,20 @@ static inline struct user_namespace *file_mnt_user_ns(struct file *file)
 {
 	return mnt_user_ns(file->f_path.mnt);
 }
+
+/**
+ * is_idmapped_mnt - check whether a mount is mapped
+ * @mnt: the mount to check
+ *
+ * If @mnt has an idmapping attached to it @mnt is mapped.
+ *
+ * Return: true if mount is mapped, false if not.
+ */
+static inline bool is_idmapped_mnt(const struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	return mnt_user_ns(mnt) != &init_user_ns;
+}
+
 extern long vfs_truncate(const struct path *, loff_t);
 int do_truncate(struct user_namespace *, struct dentry *, loff_t start,
 		unsigned int time_attrs, struct file *filp);