diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 11ba023434b14bb0075a130a9837426a5fc57b90..2a54c1f2203595823df1bd97680b9a1fb163e400 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int vfs_fsync_range(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 	}
-	return call_fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
+	return file->f_op->fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_fsync_range);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 803e5a9b265422d2c2034678331b6d4dd353d1de..2d9e71e2a30879d51ff059a011a7df7022a567fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1739,12 +1739,6 @@ static inline int call_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return file->f_op->mmap(file, vma);
 }
 
-static inline int call_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
-			     int datasync)
-{
-	return file->f_op->fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
-}
-
 ssize_t rw_copy_check_uvector(int type, const struct iovec __user * uvector,
 			      unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned long fast_segs,
 			      struct iovec *fast_pointer,
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 34c4344e8d4b2f00206208f1d2c8d48e85dd0e48..f45c7959b26407f6b59559e653fdb0172fddf56c 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static int shm_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 
 	if (!sfd->file->f_op->fsync)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return call_fsync(sfd->file, start, end, datasync);
+	return sfd->file->f_op->fsync(sfd->file, start, end, datasync);
 }
 
 static long shm_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,