diff --git a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
index 2188329da3c29e537091d669cf8eee3f0119de98..bdc15f736082069528aece89940c6955451189d9 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@
 
 #include "../internal.h"
 
-/*
- * Given a group clear all of the inode marks associated with that group.
- */
-void fsnotify_clear_inode_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
-{
-	fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(group, FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE);
-}
-
 /*
  * given a group and inode, find the mark associated with that combination.
  * if found take a reference to that mark and return it, else return NULL
diff --git a/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c b/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
index 41bff46576c2739662bef86d3afa6dfd1f6d326f..1e692c56deec59ca338c020b2ff5a77d1f991079 100644
--- a/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
 #include "fsnotify.h"
 
-void fsnotify_clear_vfsmount_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
-{
-	fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(group, FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_VFSMOUNT);
-}
-
 /*
  * given a group and vfsmount, find the mark associated with that combination.
  * if found take a reference to that mark and return it, else return NULL
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 6d09c6ff9810a78c8ea3bcdbd092179ea256afc1..700b4fa991d4fe56dc95ddbb39d61b497080dd7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -355,12 +355,18 @@ extern void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 extern void fsnotify_detach_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
 /* free mark */
 extern void fsnotify_free_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
-/* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the vfsmount marks */
-extern void fsnotify_clear_vfsmount_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
-/* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the inode marks */
-extern void fsnotify_clear_inode_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
 /* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the marks attached to given object type */
 extern void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(struct fsnotify_group *group, unsigned int flags);
+/* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the vfsmount marks */
+static inline void fsnotify_clear_vfsmount_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
+{
+	fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(group, FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_VFSMOUNT);
+}
+/* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the inode marks */
+static inline void fsnotify_clear_inode_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
+{
+	fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(group, FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE);
+}
 extern void fsnotify_get_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
 extern void fsnotify_put_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
 extern void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct super_block *sb);