diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index d3e5c6fc313c..de834ab8b6b9 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ static const struct file_operations shmem_file_operations = {
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.fsync		= noop_fsync,
 	.splice_read	= shmem_file_splice_read,
-	.splice_write	= generic_file_splice_write,
+	.splice_write	= iter_file_splice_write,
 	.fallocate	= shmem_fallocate,
 #endif
 };