diff --git a/include/linux/uio.h b/include/linux/uio.h
index bef8e56aa45c..65d9143f83c8 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ struct iov_iter {
 	bool copy_mc;
 	bool nofault;
 	bool data_source;
-	bool user_backed;
 	size_t iov_offset;
 	/*
 	 * Hack alert: overlay ubuf_iovec with iovec + count, so
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ static inline unsigned char iov_iter_rw(const struct iov_iter *i)
 
 static inline bool user_backed_iter(const struct iov_iter *i)
 {
-	return i->user_backed;
+	return iter_is_ubuf(i) || iter_is_iovec(i);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -380,7 +379,6 @@ static inline void iov_iter_ubuf(struct iov_iter *i, unsigned int direction,
 	*i = (struct iov_iter) {
 		.iter_type = ITER_UBUF,
 		.copy_mc = false,
-		.user_backed = true,
 		.data_source = direction,
 		.ubuf = buf,
 		.count = count,
diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index 27234a820eeb..227c9f536b94 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ void iov_iter_init(struct iov_iter *i, unsigned int direction,
 		.iter_type = ITER_IOVEC,
 		.copy_mc = false,
 		.nofault = false,
-		.user_backed = true,
 		.data_source = direction,
 		.__iov = iov,
 		.nr_segs = nr_segs,