diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h
index d08c587342ee..7d1bc7c13369 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ extern const struct file_operations pidfd_fops;
 struct file;
 
 extern struct pid *pidfd_pid(const struct file *file);
+struct pid *pidfd_get_pid(unsigned int fd, unsigned int *flags);
 
 static inline struct pid *get_pid(struct pid *pid)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 659a40f6ea7d..53046b96881a 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1572,25 +1572,6 @@ end:
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static struct pid *pidfd_get_pid(unsigned int fd, unsigned int *flags)
-{
-	struct fd f;
-	struct pid *pid;
-
-	f = fdget(fd);
-	if (!f.file)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
-
-	pid = pidfd_pid(f.file);
-	if (!IS_ERR(pid)) {
-		get_pid(pid);
-		*flags = f.file->f_flags;
-	}
-
-	fdput(f);
-	return pid;
-}
-
 static long kernel_waitid(int which, pid_t upid, struct waitid_info *infop,
 			  int options, struct rusage *ru)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index 7ddca2326566..0bdcead8aae0 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*
+/*/
  * Generic pidhash and scalable, time-bounded PID allocator
  *
  * (C) 2002-2003 Nadia Yvette Chambers, IBM
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/sched/task.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 
 struct pid init_struct_pid = {
 	.count		= REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
@@ -454,6 +455,25 @@ struct pid *find_ge_pid(int nr, struct pid_namespace *ns)
 	return idr_get_next(&ns->idr, &nr);
 }
 
+struct pid *pidfd_get_pid(unsigned int fd, unsigned int *flags)
+{
+	struct fd f;
+	struct pid *pid;
+
+	f = fdget(fd);
+	if (!f.file)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
+
+	pid = pidfd_pid(f.file);
+	if (!IS_ERR(pid)) {
+		get_pid(pid);
+		*flags = f.file->f_flags;
+	}
+
+	fdput(f);
+	return pid;
+}
+
 /**
  * pidfd_create() - Create a new pid file descriptor.
  *