diff --git a/fs/crypto/fname.c b/fs/crypto/fname.c
index 12bd61d20f69..45fe26e4832d 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 e3f5d7f3c8a0..f9b358295d4c 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -1973,16 +1973,6 @@ int ecryptfs_encrypt_and_encode_filename(
 	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/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 4ec6621c5fd9..ad3e169b56a0 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3335,17 +3335,6 @@ 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 9e336b408ed1..166d71c82d7a 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2663,10 +2663,8 @@ static int lookup_one_common(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	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 f2206c78755a..33c496130983 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3107,6 +3107,17 @@ 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 */