diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h b/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h
index 79e60ec..ef683b7 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h
@@ -739,9 +739,6 @@ static inline u64 cxl_p2n_read(struct cxl_afu *afu, cxl_p2n_reg_t reg)
 		return ~0ULL;
 }
 
-ssize_t cxl_pci_afu_read_err_buffer(struct cxl_afu *afu, char *buf,
-				loff_t off, size_t count);
-
 /* Internal functions wrapped in cxl_base to allow PHB to call them */
 bool _cxl_pci_associate_default_context(struct pci_dev *dev, struct cxl_afu *afu);
 void _cxl_pci_disable_device(struct pci_dev *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/native.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/native.c
index 7ae7105..20d3df6 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/native.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/native.c
@@ -1276,6 +1276,60 @@ static int native_afu_cr_write8(struct cxl_afu *afu, int cr, u64 off, u8 in)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+#define ERR_BUFF_MAX_COPY_SIZE PAGE_SIZE
+
+/*
+ * __aligned_memcpy:
+ * Copies count or max_read bytes (whichever is smaller) from src to dst buffer
+ * starting at offset off in src buffer. This specialized implementation of
+ * memcpy_fromio is needed as capi h/w only supports 4/8 bytes aligned access.
+ * So in case the requested offset/count arent 8 byte aligned the function uses
+ * a bounce buffer which can be max ERR_BUFF_MAX_COPY_SIZE == PAGE_SIZE
+ */
+static ssize_t __aligned_memcpy(void *dst, void __iomem *src, loff_t off,
+			       size_t count, size_t max_read)
+{
+	loff_t aligned_start, aligned_end;
+	size_t aligned_length;
+	void *tbuf;
+
+	if (count == 0 || off < 0 || (size_t)off >= max_read)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* calculate aligned read window */
+	count = min((size_t)(max_read - off), count);
+	aligned_start = round_down(off, 8);
+	aligned_end = round_up(off + count, 8);
+	aligned_length = aligned_end - aligned_start;
+
+	/* max we can copy in one read is PAGE_SIZE */
+	if (aligned_length > ERR_BUFF_MAX_COPY_SIZE) {
+		aligned_length = ERR_BUFF_MAX_COPY_SIZE;
+		count = ERR_BUFF_MAX_COPY_SIZE - (off & 0x7);
+	}
+
+	/* use bounce buffer for copy */
+	tbuf = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_TEMPORARY);
+	if (!tbuf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* perform aligned read from the mmio region */
+	memcpy_fromio(tbuf, src + aligned_start, aligned_length);
+	memcpy(dst, tbuf + (off & 0x7), count);
+
+	free_page((unsigned long)tbuf);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t native_afu_read_err_buffer(struct cxl_afu *afu, char *buf,
+				loff_t off, size_t count)
+{
+	void __iomem *ebuf = afu->native->afu_desc_mmio + afu->eb_offset;
+
+	return __aligned_memcpy(buf, ebuf, off, count, afu->eb_len);
+}
+
 const struct cxl_backend_ops cxl_native_ops = {
 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
 	.adapter_reset = cxl_pci_reset,
@@ -1294,7 +1348,7 @@ const struct cxl_backend_ops cxl_native_ops = {
 	.support_attributes = native_support_attributes,
 	.link_ok = cxl_adapter_link_ok,
 	.release_afu = cxl_pci_release_afu,
-	.afu_read_err_buffer = cxl_pci_afu_read_err_buffer,
+	.afu_read_err_buffer = native_afu_read_err_buffer,
 	.afu_check_and_enable = native_afu_check_and_enable,
 	.afu_activate_mode = native_afu_activate_mode,
 	.afu_deactivate_mode = native_afu_deactivate_mode,
diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
index 91f6459..541dc9a 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
@@ -1051,50 +1051,6 @@ static int sanitise_afu_regs(struct cxl_afu *afu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define ERR_BUFF_MAX_COPY_SIZE PAGE_SIZE
-/*
- * afu_eb_read:
- * Called from sysfs and reads the afu error info buffer. The h/w only supports
- * 4/8 bytes aligned access. So in case the requested offset/count arent 8 byte
- * aligned the function uses a bounce buffer which can be max PAGE_SIZE.
- */
-ssize_t cxl_pci_afu_read_err_buffer(struct cxl_afu *afu, char *buf,
-				loff_t off, size_t count)
-{
-	loff_t aligned_start, aligned_end;
-	size_t aligned_length;
-	void *tbuf;
-	const void __iomem *ebuf = afu->native->afu_desc_mmio + afu->eb_offset;
-
-	if (count == 0 || off < 0 || (size_t)off >= afu->eb_len)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* calculate aligned read window */
-	count = min((size_t)(afu->eb_len - off), count);
-	aligned_start = round_down(off, 8);
-	aligned_end = round_up(off + count, 8);
-	aligned_length = aligned_end - aligned_start;
-
-	/* max we can copy in one read is PAGE_SIZE */
-	if (aligned_length > ERR_BUFF_MAX_COPY_SIZE) {
-		aligned_length = ERR_BUFF_MAX_COPY_SIZE;
-		count = ERR_BUFF_MAX_COPY_SIZE - (off & 0x7);
-	}
-
-	/* use bounce buffer for copy */
-	tbuf = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_TEMPORARY);
-	if (!tbuf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	/* perform aligned read from the mmio region */
-	memcpy_fromio(tbuf, ebuf + aligned_start, aligned_length);
-	memcpy(buf, tbuf + (off & 0x7), count);
-
-	free_page((unsigned long)tbuf);
-
-	return count;
-}
-
 static int pci_configure_afu(struct cxl_afu *afu, struct cxl *adapter, struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	int rc;
