diff --git a/src/measure_theory/function/l1_space.lean b/src/measure_theory/function/l1_space.lean
index e3b03c584789b..552e0764bfc5a 100644
--- a/src/measure_theory/function/l1_space.lean
+++ b/src/measure_theory/function/l1_space.lean
@@ -109,12 +109,7 @@ by simp only [has_finite_integral_iff_norm, edist_dist, dist_zero_right]
 
 lemma has_finite_integral_iff_of_real {f : α → ℝ} (h : 0 ≤ᵐ[μ] f) :
   has_finite_integral f μ ↔ ∫⁻ a, ennreal.of_real (f a) ∂μ < ∞ :=
-have lintegral_eq : ∫⁻ a, (ennreal.of_real ∥f a∥) ∂μ = ∫⁻ a, ennreal.of_real (f a) ∂μ :=
-begin
-  refine lintegral_congr_ae (h.mono $ λ a h, _),
-  rwa [real.norm_eq_abs, abs_of_nonneg]
-end,
-by rw [has_finite_integral_iff_norm, lintegral_eq]
+by rw [has_finite_integral, lintegral_nnnorm_eq_of_ae_nonneg h]
 
 lemma has_finite_integral_iff_of_nnreal {f : α → ℝ≥0} :
   has_finite_integral (λ x, (f x : ℝ)) μ ↔ ∫⁻ a, f a ∂μ < ∞ :=
diff --git a/src/measure_theory/integral/integrable_on.lean b/src/measure_theory/integral/integrable_on.lean
index 95a616ed92867..e97a455cab5b3 100644
--- a/src/measure_theory/integral/integrable_on.lean
+++ b/src/measure_theory/integral/integrable_on.lean
@@ -246,6 +246,16 @@ begin
   exact ((Lp.mem_ℒp _).restrict s).mem_ℒp_of_exponent_le hp,
 end
 
+lemma integrable.lintegral_lt_top {f : α → ℝ} (hf : integrable f μ) :
+  ∫⁻ x, ennreal.of_real (f x) ∂μ < ∞ :=
+calc ∫⁻ x, ennreal.of_real (f x) ∂μ
+    ≤ ∫⁻ x, ↑∥f x∥₊ ∂μ : lintegral_to_real_le_lintegral_nnnorm f
+... < ∞ : hf.2
+
+lemma integrable_on.set_lintegral_lt_top {f : α → ℝ} {s : set α} (hf : integrable_on f s μ) :
+  ∫⁻ x in s, ennreal.of_real (f x) ∂μ < ∞ :=
+integrable.lintegral_lt_top hf
+
 /-- We say that a function `f` is *integrable at filter* `l` if it is integrable on some
 set `s ∈ l`. Equivalently, it is eventually integrable on `s` in `l.small_sets`. -/
 def integrable_at_filter (f : α → E) (l : filter α) (μ : measure α . volume_tac) :=
diff --git a/src/measure_theory/integral/lebesgue.lean b/src/measure_theory/integral/lebesgue.lean
index 7280d3d89bd72..3348bf5a9124c 100644
--- a/src/measure_theory/integral/lebesgue.lean
+++ b/src/measure_theory/integral/lebesgue.lean
@@ -1227,6 +1227,27 @@ lemma set_lintegral_congr_fun {f g : α → ℝ≥0∞} {s : set α} (hs : measu
   ∫⁻ x in s, f x ∂μ = ∫⁻ x in s, g x ∂μ :=
 by { rw lintegral_congr_ae, rw eventually_eq, rwa ae_restrict_iff' hs, }
 
+lemma lintegral_to_real_le_lintegral_nnnorm (f : α → ℝ) :
+  ∫⁻ x, ennreal.of_real (f x) ∂μ ≤ ∫⁻ x, ∥f x∥₊ ∂μ :=
+begin
+  simp_rw ← of_real_norm_eq_coe_nnnorm,
+  refine lintegral_mono (λ x, ennreal.of_real_le_of_real _),
+  rw real.norm_eq_abs,
+  exact le_abs_self (f x),
+end
+
+lemma lintegral_nnnorm_eq_of_ae_nonneg {f : α → ℝ} (h_nonneg : 0 ≤ᵐ[μ] f) :
+  ∫⁻ x, ∥f x∥₊ ∂μ = ∫⁻ x, ennreal.of_real (f x) ∂μ :=
+begin
+  apply lintegral_congr_ae,
+  filter_upwards [h_nonneg] with x hx,
+  rw [real.nnnorm_of_nonneg hx, ennreal.of_real_eq_coe_nnreal hx],
+end
+
+lemma lintegral_nnnorm_eq_of_nonneg {f : α → ℝ} (h_nonneg : 0 ≤ f) :
+  ∫⁻ x, ∥f x∥₊ ∂μ = ∫⁻ x, ennreal.of_real (f x) ∂μ :=
+lintegral_nnnorm_eq_of_ae_nonneg (filter.eventually_of_forall h_nonneg)
+
 /-- Monotone convergence theorem -- sometimes called Beppo-Levi convergence.
 
 See `lintegral_supr_directed` for a more general form. -/