diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index df7b1c7b776e82eaacfe2396f96e8a6689440760..f03c9b401ce534f5d2d2409d8a92bb1c3a566acb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "xfs_inode_item.h"
 #include "xfs_alloc.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_iomap.h"
 #include "xfs_vnodeops.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
index 561fd6040f1b85318411881b36323d314f664c50..a17ff01b5adf900da88aacb0e430b8853443bb62 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_quota.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_space.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_vnodeops.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 7431381751ec050937db93195e2859acd9b4d9ab..478bce9e40435a55bd49df4627283a5dd8bae018 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "xfs_rtalloc.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_attr_leaf.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_quota.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_space.h"
 #include "xfs_buf_item.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index 2635e1755133e13942a2187df763c6c0d68f3239..f6c7698c9a75e0c6deac1ba182768caac902cc4d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "xfs_itable.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_space.h"
 #include "xfs_rtalloc.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_filestream.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index f64b482a7953f48ecb7e861217bfb7057b085f02..c6fb5f0577b8d39cb49cd64c41b18104f862e571 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -61,6 +61,20 @@ STATIC int xfs_iformat_local(xfs_inode_t *, xfs_dinode_t *, int, int);
 STATIC int xfs_iformat_extents(xfs_inode_t *, xfs_dinode_t *, int);
 STATIC int xfs_iformat_btree(xfs_inode_t *, xfs_dinode_t *, int);
 
+/*
+ * helper function to extract extent size hint from inode
+ */
+xfs_extlen_t
+xfs_get_extsz_hint(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
+{
+	if ((ip->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE) && ip->i_d.di_extsize)
+		return ip->i_d.di_extsize;
+	if (XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip))
+		return ip->i_mount->m_sb.sb_rextsize;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 /*
  * Make sure that the extents in the given memory buffer
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index f0e252f384f936f7244ae9ae8a43424bf447279e..1efff36a75b6961150ec8fb342d6fd47994eb79a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -533,6 +533,8 @@ int		xfs_iflush(struct xfs_inode *, struct xfs_buf **);
 void		xfs_lock_inodes(xfs_inode_t **, int, uint);
 void		xfs_lock_two_inodes(xfs_inode_t *, xfs_inode_t *, uint);
 
+xfs_extlen_t	xfs_get_extsz_hint(struct xfs_inode *ip);
+
 #define IHOLD(ip) \
 do { \
 	ASSERT(atomic_read(&VFS_I(ip)->i_count) > 0) ; \
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index 8116c282c9a18e134a2d44464aa1763e5105f487..d3a4a8d10440ebcb15cdbe149472af6ead1668f3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include "xfs_rtalloc.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_itable.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_attr.h"
 #include "xfs_buf_item.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_space.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index e6d6a32220cf5a95302a997595d91ed54c2ae837..e7a6660e19fb234240a19bb63db78eae78e71e18 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "xfs_rtalloc.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_itable.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_attr.h"
 #include "xfs_buf_item.h"
 #include "xfs_utils.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index dec1458ece7bda19d30f27ed47fe31c51ca8bd5c..97e489b90f299cd29aeb06688dbfad02cdfb0f8f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include "xfs_trans_priv.h"
 #include "xfs_dinode.h"
 #include "xfs_inode.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
 kmem_zone_t	*xfs_log_ticket_zone;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index c8ee0fc49042ec83a9db198afd04f7d41dd3d7f8..472fa1749beeeb7d2e7fd77defa584367a8cbbb1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "xfs_extfree_item.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_priv.h"
 #include "xfs_quota.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_utils.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 89be5ff5790769d6f53e9b2040110dcfa2c2abbe..f511d22fee6f62c3914d737fc195085e1df81427 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "xfs_rtalloc.h"
 #include "xfs_bmap.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_quota.h"
 #include "xfs_fsops.h"
 #include "xfs_utils.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
index b6ef74dd74170f20757c86ba0b8d792f22e01ff5..92d4331cd4f1c118ea0a0087849d399a3948f230 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "xfs_rtalloc.h"
 #include "xfs_fsops.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_inode_item.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_space.h"
 #include "xfs_utils.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
index 7e3644f6ac9a1d0c2b546610a8af175c2d8f4546..c406cb6075fa9c14c7b98faffc7067be76ff87e7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "xfs_dinode.h"
 #include "xfs_inode.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 
 /*
  * Force a shutdown of the filesystem instantly while keeping
@@ -89,17 +88,3 @@ xfs_do_force_shutdown(
 	"Please umount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s)");
 	}
 }
-
-/*
- * helper function to extract extent size hint from inode
- */
-xfs_extlen_t
-xfs_get_extsz_hint(
-	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
-{
-	if ((ip->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE) && ip->i_d.di_extsize)
-		return ip->i_d.di_extsize;
-	if (XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip))
-		return ip->i_mount->m_sb.sb_rextsize;
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 13f631732da1bb189f04829b490a877791324605..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- * All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write the Free Software Foundation,
- * Inc.,  51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
- */
-#ifndef	__XFS_RW_H__
-#define	__XFS_RW_H__
-
-struct xfs_buf;
-struct xfs_inode;
-struct xfs_mount;
-
-/*
- * Prototypes for functions in xfs_rw.c.
- */
-extern xfs_extlen_t xfs_get_extsz_hint(struct xfs_inode *ip);
-
-#endif /* __XFS_RW_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
index 7d69213848b7340c119051433666f355a02b7ec9..743d7a5835f381a9b15f8df999460e790e9a9347 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "xfs_buf_item.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_priv.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 9e8266981f473b868cfa5dafe972db526cdc9c69..5b3f5b13a008eff6b4803106a5ed42c452c99698 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "xfs_bmap.h"
 #include "xfs_acl.h"
 #include "xfs_attr.h"
-#include "xfs_rw.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_quota.h"
 #include "xfs_utils.h"