diff --git a/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h b/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
index 41b061cdf06e..71f496fe7173 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
+++ b/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
@@ -206,24 +206,6 @@ typedef enum {
 	FS_ENCRYPT,
 } fscrypt_direction_t;
 
-static inline bool fscrypt_valid_enc_modes(u32 contents_mode,
-					   u32 filenames_mode)
-{
-	if (contents_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_128_CBC &&
-	    filenames_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_128_CTS)
-		return true;
-
-	if (contents_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_256_XTS &&
-	    filenames_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_256_CTS)
-		return true;
-
-	if (contents_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_ADIANTUM &&
-	    filenames_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_ADIANTUM)
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 /* crypto.c */
 extern struct kmem_cache *fscrypt_info_cachep;
 extern int fscrypt_initialize(unsigned int cop_flags);
diff --git a/fs/crypto/policy.c b/fs/crypto/policy.c
index e785b00f19b3..f1cff83c151a 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/policy.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/policy.c
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ bool fscrypt_policies_equal(const union fscrypt_policy *policy1,
 	return !memcmp(policy1, policy2, fscrypt_policy_size(policy1));
 }
 
+static bool fscrypt_valid_enc_modes(u32 contents_mode, u32 filenames_mode)
+{
+	if (contents_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_256_XTS &&
+	    filenames_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_256_CTS)
+		return true;
+
+	if (contents_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_128_CBC &&
+	    filenames_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_128_CTS)
+		return true;
+
+	if (contents_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_ADIANTUM &&
+	    filenames_mode == FSCRYPT_MODE_ADIANTUM)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static bool supported_direct_key_modes(const struct inode *inode,
 				       u32 contents_mode, u32 filenames_mode)
 {