diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 47b292f9b4f8..c18a47a86e8b 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int hugetlbfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	vma->vm_flags |= VM_HUGETLB | VM_DONTEXPAND;
 	vma->vm_ops = &hugetlb_vm_ops;
 
-	ret = seal_check_future_write(info->seals, vma);
+	ret = seal_check_write(info->seals, vma);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 47d56c96447a..57cba6e4fdcd 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2946,25 +2946,26 @@ static inline int pages_identical(struct page *page1, struct page *page2)
 }
 
 /**
- * seal_check_future_write - Check for F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE flag and handle it
+ * seal_check_write - Check for F_SEAL_WRITE or F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE flags and
+ *                    handle them.
  * @seals: the seals to check
  * @vma: the vma to operate on
  *
- * Check whether F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE is set; if so, do proper check/handling on
- * the vma flags.  Return 0 if check pass, or <0 for errors.
+ * Check whether F_SEAL_WRITE or F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE are set; if so, do proper
+ * check/handling on the vma flags.  Return 0 if check pass, or <0 for errors.
  */
-static inline int seal_check_future_write(int seals, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline int seal_check_write(int seals, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (seals & F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE) {
+	if (seals & (F_SEAL_WRITE | F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE)) {
 		/*
 		 * New PROT_WRITE and MAP_SHARED mmaps are not allowed when
-		 * "future write" seal active.
+		 * write seals are active.
 		 */
 		if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
 			return -EPERM;
 
 		/*
-		 * Since an F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE sealed memfd can be mapped as
+		 * Since an F_SEAL_[FUTURE_]WRITE sealed memfd can be mapped as
 		 * MAP_SHARED and read-only, take care to not allow mprotect to
 		 * revert protections on such mappings. Do this only for shared
 		 * mappings. For private mappings, don't need to mask
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 264229680ad7..8475d56f5977 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2215,7 +2215,7 @@ static int shmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(file_inode(file));
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = seal_check_future_write(info->seals, vma);
+	ret = seal_check_write(info->seals, vma);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;