diff --git a/fs/crypto/fname.c b/fs/crypto/fname.c
index d1bb02b1ee589ecd68876ff240bf57e756a70466..ad9f814fdead370eaa420a423139938687c3047b 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/fname.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/fname.c
@@ -453,12 +453,3 @@ int fscrypt_setup_filename(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *iname,
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscrypt_setup_filename);
-
-void fscrypt_free_filename(struct fscrypt_name *fname)
-{
-	kfree(fname->crypto_buf.name);
-	fname->crypto_buf.name = NULL;
-	fname->usr_fname = NULL;
-	fname->disk_name.name = NULL;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscrypt_free_filename);
diff --git a/include/linux/fscrypt_supp.h b/include/linux/fscrypt_supp.h
index cd4e82c17304ffbe97868b4aec146ca623ec2d78..32e2fcf13b015ed198381c06c750b84ada99cafd 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscrypt_supp.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscrypt_supp.h
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ extern void fscrypt_put_encryption_info(struct inode *, struct fscrypt_info *);
 /* fname.c */
 extern int fscrypt_setup_filename(struct inode *, const struct qstr *,
 				int lookup, struct fscrypt_name *);
-extern void fscrypt_free_filename(struct fscrypt_name *);
+
+static inline void fscrypt_free_filename(struct fscrypt_name *fname)
+{
+	kfree(fname->crypto_buf.name);
+}
+
 extern u32 fscrypt_fname_encrypted_size(const struct inode *, u32);
 extern int fscrypt_fname_alloc_buffer(const struct inode *, u32,
 				struct fscrypt_str *);