diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
index 2ca4b0ef82ad739aae3f4652de0fbacc2ca9015d..b085fb4ffc5607d1bc9b51a646cf367142ef3d28 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
@@ -469,6 +469,28 @@ struct page *ll_get_dir_page(struct inode *dir, __u64 hash,
 	goto out_unlock;
 }
 
+/**
+ * return IF_* type for given lu_dirent entry.
+ * IF_* flag shld be converted to particular OS file type in
+ * platform llite module.
+ */
+static __u16 ll_dirent_type_get(struct lu_dirent *ent)
+{
+	__u16 type = 0;
+	struct luda_type *lt;
+	int len = 0;
+
+	if (le32_to_cpu(ent->lde_attrs) & LUDA_TYPE) {
+		const unsigned int align = sizeof(struct luda_type) - 1;
+
+		len = le16_to_cpu(ent->lde_namelen);
+		len = (len + align) & ~align;
+		lt = (void *)ent->lde_name + len;
+		type = IFTODT(le16_to_cpu(lt->lt_type));
+	}
+	return type;
+}
+
 int ll_dir_read(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct ll_inode_info *info       = ll_i2info(inode);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/lcommon_cl.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/lcommon_cl.c
index 164737a1686549fccb38ad24b785cc14458066a4..6c00715b438fa580363f9b2ff3008929221165f9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/lcommon_cl.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/lcommon_cl.c
@@ -279,28 +279,6 @@ void cl_inode_fini(struct inode *inode)
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * return IF_* type for given lu_dirent entry.
- * IF_* flag shld be converted to particular OS file type in
- * platform llite module.
- */
-__u16 ll_dirent_type_get(struct lu_dirent *ent)
-{
-	__u16 type = 0;
-	struct luda_type *lt;
-	int len = 0;
-
-	if (le32_to_cpu(ent->lde_attrs) & LUDA_TYPE) {
-		const unsigned int align = sizeof(struct luda_type) - 1;
-
-		len = le16_to_cpu(ent->lde_namelen);
-		len = (len + align) & ~align;
-		lt = (void *)ent->lde_name + len;
-		type = IFTODT(le16_to_cpu(lt->lt_type));
-	}
-	return type;
-}
-
 /**
  * build inode number from passed @fid
  */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_internal.h
index fe29fb53832ce3ca251657437c3bce7e4ea8335f..06e2726a472f7f9553d4e72e2f8cf7ff616ce4b0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_internal.h
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ int cl_file_inode_init(struct inode *inode, struct lustre_md *md);
 void cl_inode_fini(struct inode *inode);
 int cl_local_size(struct inode *inode);
 
-__u16 ll_dirent_type_get(struct lu_dirent *ent);
 __u64 cl_fid_build_ino(const struct lu_fid *fid, int api32);
 __u32 cl_fid_build_gen(const struct lu_fid *fid);