diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 5361f69433a3a9d83a75cbbe8094f902df346671..2a09577580b8232b7bc0aef7ab3094379e8fc9c0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -1807,8 +1807,8 @@ static noinline int generic_bin_search(struct extent_buffer *eb,
  * simple bin_search frontend that does the right thing for
  * leaves vs nodes
  */
-static int bin_search(struct extent_buffer *eb, const struct btrfs_key *key,
-		      int level, int *slot)
+int btrfs_bin_search(struct extent_buffer *eb, const struct btrfs_key *key,
+		     int level, int *slot)
 {
 	if (level == 0)
 		return generic_bin_search(eb,
@@ -1824,12 +1824,6 @@ static int bin_search(struct extent_buffer *eb, const struct btrfs_key *key,
 					  slot);
 }
 
-int btrfs_bin_search(struct extent_buffer *eb, const struct btrfs_key *key,
-		     int level, int *slot)
-{
-	return bin_search(eb, key, level, slot);
-}
-
 static void root_add_used(struct btrfs_root *root, u32 size)
 {
 	spin_lock(&root->accounting_lock);
@@ -2614,7 +2608,7 @@ static int key_search(struct extent_buffer *b, const struct btrfs_key *key,
 		      int level, int *prev_cmp, int *slot)
 {
 	if (*prev_cmp != 0) {
-		*prev_cmp = bin_search(b, key, level, slot);
+		*prev_cmp = btrfs_bin_search(b, key, level, slot);
 		return *prev_cmp;
 	}
 
@@ -5181,7 +5175,7 @@ int btrfs_search_forward(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_key *min_key,
 	while (1) {
 		nritems = btrfs_header_nritems(cur);
 		level = btrfs_header_level(cur);
-		sret = bin_search(cur, min_key, level, &slot);
+		sret = btrfs_bin_search(cur, min_key, level, &slot);
 
 		/* at the lowest level, we're done, setup the path and exit */
 		if (level == path->lowest_level) {