diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
index 96146f425e503d5d5cb94e9a21e29bb4a2595382..190b46dc0d26898069739735da211dbfcec36e42 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -1214,24 +1214,6 @@ int xfs_attr_node_removename_setup(
 	return 0;
 }
 
-STATIC int
-xfs_attr_node_remove_rmt(
-	struct xfs_da_args	*args,
-	struct xfs_da_state	*state)
-{
-	int			error = 0;
-
-	error = xfs_attr_rmtval_remove(args);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	/*
-	 * Refill the state structure with buffers, the prior calls released our
-	 * buffers.
-	 */
-	return xfs_attr_refillstate(state);
-}
-
 /*
  * Remove a name from a B-tree attribute list.
  *
@@ -1260,7 +1242,15 @@ xfs_attr_node_removename(
 	 * overflow the maximum size of a transaction and/or hit a deadlock.
 	 */
 	if (args->rmtblkno > 0) {
-		error = xfs_attr_node_remove_rmt(args, state);
+		error = xfs_attr_rmtval_remove(args);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+
+		/*
+		 * Refill the state structure with buffers, the prior calls
+		 * released our buffers.
+		 */
+		error = xfs_attr_refillstate(state);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 	}