diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/bmap.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/bmap.c
index 639d14b51e9083904bcc9aed3f0bb86f694c83cc..3f8fd10160f0661752a6b974a983a65ce0eaa8d5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/bmap.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ xfs_scrub_setup_inode_bmap(
 	struct xfs_scrub_context	*sc,
 	struct xfs_inode		*ip)
 {
-	struct xfs_mount		*mp = sc->mp;
 	int				error;
 
 	error = xfs_scrub_get_inode(sc, ip);
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ xfs_scrub_setup_inode_bmap(
 	}
 
 	/* Got the inode, lock it and we're ready to go. */
-	error = xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(sc->sm, mp, &sc->tp);
+	error = xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(sc);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 	sc->ilock_flags |= XFS_ILOCK_EXCL;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
index 8ed91d5c868dc09d31c98c82636397e1d23677fb..95625aa90c240d7c29cb92e713b01deea26a5621 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
@@ -568,13 +568,24 @@ xfs_scrub_ag_init(
 
 /* Per-scrubber setup functions */
 
+/*
+ * Grab an empty transaction so that we can re-grab locked buffers if
+ * one of our btrees turns out to be cyclic.
+ */
+int
+xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(
+	struct xfs_scrub_context	*sc)
+{
+	return xfs_trans_alloc_empty(sc->mp, &sc->tp);
+}
+
 /* Set us up with a transaction and an empty context. */
 int
 xfs_scrub_setup_fs(
 	struct xfs_scrub_context	*sc,
 	struct xfs_inode		*ip)
 {
-	return xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(sc->sm, sc->mp, &sc->tp);
+	return xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(sc);
 }
 
 /* Set us up with AG headers and btree cursors. */
@@ -695,7 +706,6 @@ xfs_scrub_setup_inode_contents(
 	struct xfs_inode		*ip,
 	unsigned int			resblks)
 {
-	struct xfs_mount		*mp = sc->mp;
 	int				error;
 
 	error = xfs_scrub_get_inode(sc, ip);
@@ -705,7 +715,7 @@ xfs_scrub_setup_inode_contents(
 	/* Got the inode, lock it and we're ready to go. */
 	sc->ilock_flags = XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL | XFS_MMAPLOCK_EXCL;
 	xfs_ilock(sc->ip, sc->ilock_flags);
-	error = xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(sc->sm, mp, &sc->tp);
+	error = xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(sc);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 	sc->ilock_flags |= XFS_ILOCK_EXCL;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
index deaf60400981e1721a0f6f882c5b37dbc5fa344a..c95c30c986b76c7440b040b05b934712857adc4e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
@@ -38,19 +38,7 @@ xfs_scrub_should_terminate(
 	return false;
 }
 
-/*
- * Grab an empty transaction so that we can re-grab locked buffers if
- * one of our btrees turns out to be cyclic.
- */
-static inline int
-xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(
-	struct xfs_scrub_metadata	*sm,
-	struct xfs_mount		*mp,
-	struct xfs_trans		**tpp)
-{
-	return xfs_trans_alloc_empty(mp, tpp);
-}
-
+int xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(struct xfs_scrub_context *sc);
 bool xfs_scrub_process_error(struct xfs_scrub_context *sc, xfs_agnumber_t agno,
 		xfs_agblock_t bno, int *error);
 bool xfs_scrub_fblock_process_error(struct xfs_scrub_context *sc, int whichfork,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c
index df14930e4fc5d40cb4bb414ae5520341f010e0a0..e15b1bc5053f7cec3953aa3cc161b6e3a247208d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ xfs_scrub_setup_inode(
 	struct xfs_scrub_context	*sc,
 	struct xfs_inode		*ip)
 {
-	struct xfs_mount		*mp = sc->mp;
 	int				error;
 
 	/*
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ xfs_scrub_setup_inode(
 		break;
 	case -EFSCORRUPTED:
 	case -EFSBADCRC:
-		return xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(sc->sm, mp, &sc->tp);
+		return xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(sc);
 	default:
 		return error;
 	}
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ xfs_scrub_setup_inode(
 	/* Got the inode, lock it and we're ready to go. */
 	sc->ilock_flags = XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL | XFS_MMAPLOCK_EXCL;
 	xfs_ilock(sc->ip, sc->ilock_flags);
-	error = xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(sc->sm, mp, &sc->tp);
+	error = xfs_scrub_trans_alloc(sc);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 	sc->ilock_flags |= XFS_ILOCK_EXCL;