diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index 16a325d6e21f82a2d1d6dfad6532a763c7008de7..19a49969431b8cec0d63cacae7869fc32cf5534f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1333,7 +1333,6 @@ xfs_buf_ioend(
 			bp->b_ops->verify_read(bp);
 		if (!bp->b_error)
 			bp->b_flags |= XBF_DONE;
-		xfs_buf_ioend_finish(bp);
 	} else if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_LOGRECOVERY) {
 		/*
 		 * If this is a log recovery buffer, we aren't doing
@@ -1381,9 +1380,12 @@ xfs_buf_ioend(
 			xfs_buf_inode_iodone(bp);
 		else if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_DQUOTS)
 			xfs_buf_dquot_iodone(bp);
-
-		xfs_buf_ioend_finish(bp);
 	}
+
+	if (bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC)
+		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+	else
+		complete(&bp->b_iowait);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
index bea20d43a38191fb9df030e9f2e5545db911e787..9eb4044597c985d181f6c2df8d990e7578bdbb56 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
@@ -269,13 +269,6 @@ static inline void xfs_buf_relse(xfs_buf_t *bp)
 
 /* Buffer Read and Write Routines */
 extern int xfs_bwrite(struct xfs_buf *bp);
-static inline void xfs_buf_ioend_finish(struct xfs_buf *bp)
-{
-	if (bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC)
-		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-	else
-		complete(&bp->b_iowait);
-}
 
 extern void __xfs_buf_ioerror(struct xfs_buf *bp, int error,
 		xfs_failaddr_t failaddr);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 5b2e5067ab444ed63139aa98dbbff62e796529c3..3813044c2b7f7a9976f7e7e13083584ce1e3b25e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ xlog_recover_iodone(
 		xfs_buf_item_relse(bp);
 	ASSERT(bp->b_log_item == NULL);
 	bp->b_flags &= ~_XBF_LOGRECOVERY;
-	xfs_buf_ioend_finish(bp);
 }
 
 /*