diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 86670941884b..5e7dcdeedd4d 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -438,14 +438,6 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 	inode_init_once(inode);
 }
 
-/*
- * inode->i_lock must be held
- */
-void __iget(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
-}
-
 /*
  * get additional reference to inode; caller must already hold one.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index fd34b5755c0b..8fc4bad3b6ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3094,7 +3094,14 @@ static inline bool is_zero_ino(ino_t ino)
 	return (u32)ino == 0;
 }
 
-extern void __iget(struct inode * inode);
+/*
+ * inode->i_lock must be held
+ */
+static inline void __iget(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
+}
+
 extern void iget_failed(struct inode *);
 extern void clear_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void __destroy_inode(struct inode *);