diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 335c38bb86eb1ed97f06e0edd02492e77edd8a9b..0c361ea7e5a6e13811da039c8e235b0acb670340 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1315,3 +1315,24 @@ void close_bdev_excl(struct block_device *bdev)
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(close_bdev_excl);
+
+int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = get_super(bdev);
+	int res = 0;
+
+	if (sb) {
+		/*
+		 * no need to lock the super, get_super holds the
+		 * read mutex so the filesystem cannot go away
+		 * under us (->put_super runs with the write lock
+		 * hold).
+		 */
+		shrink_dcache_sb(sb);
+		res = invalidate_inodes(sb);
+		drop_super(sb);
+	}
+	invalidate_bdev(bdev, 0);
+	return res;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__invalidate_device);
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index abf77471e6c4a68701421dc6df6994de6e7000eb..ada7643104e14dee4bcc8a5dc5bd87b7398aad5f 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -362,27 +362,6 @@ int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block * sb)
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_inodes);
- 
-int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-	struct super_block *sb = get_super(bdev);
-	int res = 0;
-
-	if (sb) {
-		/*
-		 * no need to lock the super, get_super holds the
-		 * read mutex so the filesystem cannot go away
-		 * under us (->put_super runs with the write lock
-		 * hold).
-		 */
-		shrink_dcache_sb(sb);
-		res = invalidate_inodes(sb);
-		drop_super(sb);
-	}
-	invalidate_bdev(bdev, 0);
-	return res;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__invalidate_device);
 
 static int can_unuse(struct inode *inode)
 {