diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index aab32fc3d6a84965ea879854c942b12888548411..0b65e25b71ac7b644dd0077b5525b625d5db009e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -392,16 +392,6 @@ static void nfs_direct_complete(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
 	nfs_direct_req_release(dreq);
 }
 
-static void nfs_direct_readpage_release(struct nfs_page *req)
-{
-	dprintk("NFS: direct read done (%s/%llu %d@%lld)\n",
-		req->wb_context->dentry->d_sb->s_id,
-		(unsigned long long)NFS_FILEID(d_inode(req->wb_context->dentry)),
-		req->wb_bytes,
-		(long long)req_offset(req));
-	nfs_release_request(req);
-}
-
 static void nfs_direct_read_completion(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 {
 	unsigned long bytes = 0;
@@ -426,7 +416,7 @@ static void nfs_direct_read_completion(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 			set_page_dirty(page);
 		bytes += req->wb_bytes;
 		nfs_list_remove_request(req);
-		nfs_direct_readpage_release(req);
+		nfs_release_request(req);
 	}
 out_put:
 	if (put_dreq(dreq))