diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
index 2ce562cb5c78e0413f568472e610cb295ebc0d86..fcfafaa41a7db3137198e8c6f06157c56e06e251 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -153,24 +153,6 @@ xfs_qm_dqdestroy(
 	atomic_dec(&xfs_Gqm->qm_totaldquots);
 }
 
-/*
- * This is what a 'fresh' dquot inside a dquot chunk looks like on disk.
- */
-STATIC void
-xfs_qm_dqinit_core(
-	xfs_dqid_t	id,
-	uint		type,
-	xfs_dqblk_t	*d)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Caller has zero'd the entire dquot 'chunk' already.
-	 */
-	d->dd_diskdq.d_magic = cpu_to_be16(XFS_DQUOT_MAGIC);
-	d->dd_diskdq.d_version = XFS_DQUOT_VERSION;
-	d->dd_diskdq.d_id = cpu_to_be32(id);
-	d->dd_diskdq.d_flags = type;
-}
-
 /*
  * If default limits are in force, push them into the dquot now.
  * We overwrite the dquot limits only if they are zero and this
@@ -327,8 +309,13 @@ xfs_qm_init_dquot_blk(
 	curid = id - (id % q->qi_dqperchunk);
 	ASSERT(curid >= 0);
 	memset(d, 0, BBTOB(q->qi_dqchunklen));
-	for (i = 0; i < q->qi_dqperchunk; i++, d++, curid++)
-		xfs_qm_dqinit_core(curid, type, d);
+	for (i = 0; i < q->qi_dqperchunk; i++, d++, curid++) {
+		d->dd_diskdq.d_magic = cpu_to_be16(XFS_DQUOT_MAGIC);
+		d->dd_diskdq.d_version = XFS_DQUOT_VERSION;
+		d->dd_diskdq.d_id = cpu_to_be32(curid);
+		d->dd_diskdq.d_flags = type;
+	}
+
 	xfs_trans_dquot_buf(tp, bp,
 			    (type & XFS_DQ_USER ? XFS_BLF_UDQUOT_BUF :
 			    ((type & XFS_DQ_PROJ) ? XFS_BLF_PDQUOT_BUF :