diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index ec5ed7eb1938..4305a1ac808a 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ start_journal_io:
 		if (first_block < journal->j_tail)
 			freed += journal->j_last - journal->j_first;
 		/* Update tail only if we free significant amount of space */
-		if (freed < jbd2_journal_get_max_txn_bufs(journal))
+		if (freed < journal->j_max_transaction_buffers)
 			update_tail = 0;
 	}
 	J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_state == T_COMMIT);
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 3501f75f0fbf..7dea8cfe7162 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1674,6 +1674,11 @@ journal_t *jbd2_journal_init_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	return journal;
 }
 
+static int jbd2_journal_get_max_txn_bufs(journal_t *journal)
+{
+	return (journal->j_total_len - journal->j_fc_wbufsize) / 4;
+}
+
 /*
  * Given a journal_t structure, initialise the various fields for
  * startup of a new journaling session.  We use this both when creating
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index ab04c1c27fae..f91b930abe20 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1660,11 +1660,6 @@ int jbd2_wait_inode_data(journal_t *journal, struct jbd2_inode *jinode);
 int jbd2_fc_wait_bufs(journal_t *journal, int num_blks);
 int jbd2_fc_release_bufs(journal_t *journal);
 
-static inline int jbd2_journal_get_max_txn_bufs(journal_t *journal)
-{
-	return (journal->j_total_len - journal->j_fc_wbufsize) / 4;
-}
-
 /*
  * is_journal_abort
  *