diff --git a/include/linux/xarray.h b/include/linux/xarray.h
index 6b336098fca7..29db4e16eb89 100644
--- a/include/linux/xarray.h
+++ b/include/linux/xarray.h
@@ -1286,6 +1286,8 @@ static inline bool xa_is_advanced(const void *entry)
  */
 typedef void (*xa_update_node_t)(struct xa_node *node);
 
+void xa_delete_node(struct xa_node *, xa_update_node_t);
+
 /*
  * The xa_state is opaque to its users.  It contains various different pieces
  * of state involved in the current operation on the XArray.  It should be
diff --git a/lib/test_xarray.c b/lib/test_xarray.c
index 1122c4453c87..64ae07b1bcf4 100644
--- a/lib/test_xarray.c
+++ b/lib/test_xarray.c
@@ -1600,14 +1600,9 @@ static noinline void shadow_remove(struct xarray *xa)
 	xa_lock(xa);
 	while ((node = list_first_entry_or_null(&shadow_nodes,
 					struct xa_node, private_list))) {
-		XA_STATE(xas, node->array, 0);
 		XA_BUG_ON(xa, node->array != xa);
 		list_del_init(&node->private_list);
-		xas.xa_node = xa_parent_locked(node->array, node);
-		xas.xa_offset = node->offset;
-		xas.xa_shift = node->shift + XA_CHUNK_SHIFT;
-		xas_set_update(&xas, test_update_node);
-		xas_store(&xas, NULL);
+		xa_delete_node(node, test_update_node);
 	}
 	xa_unlock(xa);
 }
diff --git a/lib/xarray.c b/lib/xarray.c
index e9e641d3c0c3..1fa5c5658e63 100644
--- a/lib/xarray.c
+++ b/lib/xarray.c
@@ -1973,6 +1973,29 @@ unsigned int xa_extract(struct xarray *xa, void **dst, unsigned long start,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xa_extract);
 
+/**
+ * xa_delete_node() - Private interface for workingset code.
+ * @node: Node to be removed from the tree.
+ * @update: Function to call to update ancestor nodes.
+ *
+ * Context: xa_lock must be held on entry and will not be released.
+ */
+void xa_delete_node(struct xa_node *node, xa_update_node_t update)
+{
+	struct xa_state xas = {
+		.xa = node->array,
+		.xa_index = (unsigned long)node->offset <<
+				(node->shift + XA_CHUNK_SHIFT),
+		.xa_shift = node->shift + XA_CHUNK_SHIFT,
+		.xa_offset = node->offset,
+		.xa_node = xa_parent_locked(node->array, node),
+		.xa_update = update,
+	};
+
+	xas_store(&xas, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xa_delete_node);	/* For the benefit of the test suite */
+
 /**
  * xa_destroy() - Free all internal data structures.
  * @xa: XArray.
diff --git a/mm/workingset.c b/mm/workingset.c
index 92e66113a577..e185bfb8bd4e 100644
--- a/mm/workingset.c
+++ b/mm/workingset.c
@@ -519,12 +519,11 @@ static enum lru_status shadow_lru_isolate(struct list_head *item,
 					  void *arg) __must_hold(lru_lock)
 {
 	struct xa_node *node = container_of(item, struct xa_node, private_list);
-	XA_STATE(xas, node->array, 0);
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
-	 * Page cache insertions and deletions synchroneously maintain
+	 * Page cache insertions and deletions synchronously maintain
 	 * the shadow node LRU under the i_pages lock and the
 	 * lru_lock.  Because the page cache tree is emptied before
 	 * the inode can be destroyed, holding the lru_lock pins any
@@ -559,15 +558,7 @@ static enum lru_status shadow_lru_isolate(struct list_head *item,
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(node->count != node->nr_values))
 		goto out_invalid;
 	mapping->nrexceptional -= node->nr_values;
-	xas.xa_node = xa_parent_locked(&mapping->i_pages, node);
-	xas.xa_offset = node->offset;
-	xas.xa_shift = node->shift + XA_CHUNK_SHIFT;
-	xas_set_update(&xas, workingset_update_node);
-	/*
-	 * We could store a shadow entry here which was the minimum of the
-	 * shadow entries we were tracking ...
-	 */
-	xas_store(&xas, NULL);
+	xa_delete_node(node, workingset_update_node);
 	__inc_lruvec_slab_state(node, WORKINGSET_NODERECLAIM);
 
 out_invalid: