diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 0a6a808d561c0b512a438f219ce00d2c5a1756fe..b50220c751322f233a9903172cb828380d35886a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 			pipe->curbuf = (pipe->curbuf + 1) & (pipe->buffers - 1);
 			pipe->nrbufs--;
 		} else {
-			ibuf->ops->get(pipe, ibuf);
+			pipe_buf_get(pipe, ibuf);
 			*obuf = *ibuf;
 			obuf->flags &= ~PIPE_BUF_FLAG_GIFT;
 			obuf->len = rem;
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 0df907ba46ed7eb6c74a351f2eb924f830c10d40..188a386bf3795936d697f9821722e498ae140dab 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ static int splice_pipe_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
 			 * Get a reference to this pipe buffer,
 			 * so we can copy the contents over.
 			 */
-			ibuf->ops->get(ipipe, ibuf);
+			pipe_buf_get(ipipe, ibuf);
 			*obuf = *ibuf;
 
 			/*
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ static int link_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
 		 * Get a reference to this pipe buffer,
 		 * so we can copy the contents over.
 		 */
-		ibuf->ops->get(ipipe, ibuf);
+		pipe_buf_get(ipipe, ibuf);
 
 		obuf = opipe->bufs + nbuf;
 		*obuf = *ibuf;
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index 24f5470d394460c779ebdbd385d8f14766f14001..10876f3cb3da4f6b1751c528de314f9ab3b79503 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ struct pipe_buf_operations {
 	void (*get)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 };
 
+/**
+ * pipe_buf_get - get a reference to a pipe_buffer
+ * @pipe:	the pipe that the buffer belongs to
+ * @buf:	the buffer to get a reference to
+ */
+static inline void pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	buf->ops->get(pipe, buf);
+}
+
 /* Differs from PIPE_BUF in that PIPE_SIZE is the length of the actual
    memory allocation, whereas PIPE_BUF makes atomicity guarantees.  */
 #define PIPE_SIZE		PAGE_SIZE