2 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mpage.h b/include/linux/mpage.h
index 3ca880463c47..517c098fde20 100644
--- a/include/linux/mpage.h
+++ b/include/linux/mpage.h
@@ -20,9 +20,3 @@ int mpage_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
                 struct writeback_control *wbc, get_block_t get_block);
 int mpage_writepage(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block,
                 struct writeback_control *wbc);
-
-static inline int
-generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
-{
-        return mpage_writepages(mapping, wbc, NULL);
-}
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 9d4074ecd0cd..4f4d98addb44 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping)
 }
 
 int pdflush_operation(void (*fn)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg0);
+extern int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
+                              struct writeback_control *wbc);
 int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 int sync_page_range(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
                         loff_t pos, loff_t count);