diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 5c7144bc3106ac82b7fa57bb0a69d036eef224db..a3ecdf44246585fe33b45341ace0c7329cbbf8b0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "xfs_version.h"
 #include "xfs_log_priv.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_priv.h"
+#include "xfs_filestream.h"
 
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -1220,8 +1221,26 @@ xfs_fs_remount(
 	int			error;
 
 	error = xfs_parseargs(mp, options, args, 1);
-	if (!error)
-		error = xfs_mntupdate(mp, flags, args);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_free_args;
+
+	if (!(*flags & MS_RDONLY)) {			/* rw/ro -> rw */
+		if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)
+		mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY;
+		if (args->flags & XFSMNT_BARRIER) {
+			mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
+			xfs_mountfs_check_barriers(mp);
+		} else {
+			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
+		}
+	} else if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {	/* rw -> ro */
+		xfs_filestream_flush(mp);
+		xfs_sync(mp, SYNC_DATA_QUIESCE);
+		xfs_attr_quiesce(mp);
+		mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY;
+	}
+
+ out_free_args:
 	kmem_free(args);
 	return -error;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
index a005cebf50412437c958d35a0caabd4a0337a24e..e223aeab68be3cedcea96f8222c50da268d7f26e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
@@ -701,30 +701,6 @@ xfs_attr_quiesce(
 	xfs_unmountfs_writesb(mp);
 }
 
-int
-xfs_mntupdate(
-	struct xfs_mount		*mp,
-	int				*flags,
-	struct xfs_mount_args		*args)
-{
-	if (!(*flags & MS_RDONLY)) {			/* rw/ro -> rw */
-		if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)
-			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY;
-		if (args->flags & XFSMNT_BARRIER) {
-			mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
-			xfs_mountfs_check_barriers(mp);
-		} else {
-			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
-		}
-	} else if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {	/* rw -> ro */
-		xfs_filestream_flush(mp);
-		xfs_sync(mp, SYNC_DATA_QUIESCE);
-		xfs_attr_quiesce(mp);
-		mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * xfs_unmount_flush implements a set of flush operation on special
  * inodes, which are needed as a separate set of operations so that
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.h
index 1688817c55ed358adeb13a31a04acf05486040a5..995091f19499dae4f99023ea9419b545afeb22cc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ struct xfs_mount_args;
 int xfs_mount(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_mount_args *args,
 		struct cred *credp);
 int xfs_unmount(struct xfs_mount *mp, int flags, struct cred *credp);
-int xfs_mntupdate(struct xfs_mount *mp, int *flags,
-		struct xfs_mount_args *args);
 int xfs_sync(struct xfs_mount *mp, int flags);
 void xfs_do_force_shutdown(struct xfs_mount *mp, int flags, char *fname,
 		int lnnum);