diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 7235a92ff879..a7ff3349a524 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -17269,7 +17269,7 @@ F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-cma
 F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-numa
 F:	Documentation/admin-guide/mm/
 F:	Documentation/mm/
-F:	drivers/char/mem.c
+F:	mm/char-mem.c
 F:	include/linux/cma.h
 F:	include/linux/dmapool.h
 F:	include/linux/ioremap.h
@@ -17493,7 +17493,7 @@ L:	linux-mm@kvack.org
 S:	Maintained
 W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
-F:	drivers/char/mem.c
+F:	mm/char-mem.c
 F:	include/trace/events/mmap.h
 F:	fs/proc/task_mmu.c
 F:	fs/proc/task_nommu.c
diff --git a/drivers/char/Makefile b/drivers/char/Makefile
index a46d7bf7c4c8..bb3bf66937b3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/char/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Makefile for the kernel character device drivers.
 #
 
-obj-y				+= mem.o random.o
+obj-y				+= random.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TTY_PRINTK)	+= ttyprintk.o
 obj-y				+= misc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_MISC_MINOR)	+= misc_minor_kunit.o
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index e7245cb88c66..2a3ec53d62ee 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ obj-y			:= filemap.o mempool.o oom_kill.o fadvise.o \
 			   mm_init.o percpu.o slab_common.o \
 			   compaction.o show_mem.o \
 			   interval_tree.o list_lru.o workingset.o \
-			   debug.o gup.o mmap_lock.o vma_init.o $(mmu-y)
+			   debug.o gup.o mmap_lock.o vma_init.o char-mem.o \
+			   $(mmu-y)
 
 # Give 'page_alloc' its own module-parameter namespace
 page-alloc-y := page_alloc.o
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/mm/char-mem.c
similarity index 99%
rename from drivers/char/mem.c
rename to mm/char-mem.c
index 5b93c92c2cf1..3cc48054a66e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/mm/char-mem.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
- *  linux/drivers/char/mem.c
+ *  mm/char-mem.c
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
  *
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 84f0a2eb85fe..05bc7c3aa525 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2984,7 +2984,7 @@ unsigned long shmem_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
 			sb = file_inode(file)->i_sb;
 		} else {
 			/*
-			 * Called directly from mm/mmap.c, or drivers/char/mem.c
+			 * Called directly from mm/mmap.c, or mm/char-mem.c
 			 * for "/dev/zero", to create a shared anonymous object.
 			 */
 			if (IS_ERR(shm_mnt))