diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 15e34172cdf0a81eeaf0edf41d291d2042714fac..fe7e5177119d8953f8cd821dac6302c7b7b55266 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -3197,6 +3197,7 @@ int btrfs_unlink_subvol(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			struct btrfs_root *root,
 			struct inode *dir, u64 objectid,
 			const char *name, int name_len);
+noinline int may_destroy_subvol(struct btrfs_root *root);
 int btrfs_truncate_block(struct inode *inode, loff_t from, loff_t len,
 			int front);
 int btrfs_truncate_inode_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index f4447986263af3de96144d06dc1d50f6897ab91f..1e51ca4489da6c38f1698831512eaff433ae0c15 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4326,6 +4326,61 @@ int btrfs_unlink_subvol(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Helper to check if the subvolume references other subvolumes or if it's
+ * default.
+ */
+noinline int may_destroy_subvol(struct btrfs_root *root)
+{
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
+	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
+	struct btrfs_key key;
+	u64 dir_id;
+	int ret;
+
+	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Make sure this root isn't set as the default subvol */
+	dir_id = btrfs_super_root_dir(fs_info->super_copy);
+	di = btrfs_lookup_dir_item(NULL, fs_info->tree_root, path,
+				   dir_id, "default", 7, 0);
+	if (di && !IS_ERR(di)) {
+		btrfs_dir_item_key_to_cpu(path->nodes[0], di, &key);
+		if (key.objectid == root->root_key.objectid) {
+			ret = -EPERM;
+			btrfs_err(fs_info,
+				  "deleting default subvolume %llu is not allowed",
+				  key.objectid);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		btrfs_release_path(path);
+	}
+
+	key.objectid = root->root_key.objectid;
+	key.type = BTRFS_ROOT_REF_KEY;
+	key.offset = (u64)-1;
+
+	ret = btrfs_search_slot(NULL, fs_info->tree_root, &key, path, 0, 0);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+	BUG_ON(ret == 0);
+
+	ret = 0;
+	if (path->slots[0] > 0) {
+		path->slots[0]--;
+		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(path->nodes[0], &key, path->slots[0]);
+		if (key.objectid == root->root_key.objectid &&
+		    key.type == BTRFS_ROOT_REF_KEY)
+			ret = -ENOTEMPTY;
+	}
+out:
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int btrfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 61a58214681c4c47e43dbd3290a9fa4b6891c5f9..592ef10a66046d1151d67bfc2e96b64f56823afa 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -1832,60 +1832,6 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_subvol_setflags(struct file *file,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * helper to check if the subvolume references other subvolumes
- */
-static noinline int may_destroy_subvol(struct btrfs_root *root)
-{
-	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
-	struct btrfs_path *path;
-	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
-	struct btrfs_key key;
-	u64 dir_id;
-	int ret;
-
-	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
-	if (!path)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	/* Make sure this root isn't set as the default subvol */
-	dir_id = btrfs_super_root_dir(fs_info->super_copy);
-	di = btrfs_lookup_dir_item(NULL, fs_info->tree_root, path,
-				   dir_id, "default", 7, 0);
-	if (di && !IS_ERR(di)) {
-		btrfs_dir_item_key_to_cpu(path->nodes[0], di, &key);
-		if (key.objectid == root->root_key.objectid) {
-			ret = -EPERM;
-			btrfs_err(fs_info,
-				  "deleting default subvolume %llu is not allowed",
-				  key.objectid);
-			goto out;
-		}
-		btrfs_release_path(path);
-	}
-
-	key.objectid = root->root_key.objectid;
-	key.type = BTRFS_ROOT_REF_KEY;
-	key.offset = (u64)-1;
-
-	ret = btrfs_search_slot(NULL, fs_info->tree_root, &key, path, 0, 0);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
-	BUG_ON(ret == 0);
-
-	ret = 0;
-	if (path->slots[0] > 0) {
-		path->slots[0]--;
-		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(path->nodes[0], &key, path->slots[0]);
-		if (key.objectid == root->root_key.objectid &&
-		    key.type == BTRFS_ROOT_REF_KEY)
-			ret = -ENOTEMPTY;
-	}
-out:
-	btrfs_free_path(path);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static noinline int key_in_sk(struct btrfs_key *key,
 			      struct btrfs_ioctl_search_key *sk)
 {