diff --git a/block/bio-integrity.c b/block/bio-integrity.c
index 63f72f00c72eef45640d68fad4579fca271235ed..5384713d48bc9929e2a4dc8b1b9f22b2e1c5bcd3 100644
--- a/block/bio-integrity.c
+++ b/block/bio-integrity.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ bool bio_integrity_enabled(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct blk_integrity *bi = bdev_get_integrity(bio->bi_bdev);
 
-	if (!bio_is_rw(bio))
+	if (bio_op(bio) != REQ_OP_READ && bio_op(bio) != REQ_OP_WRITE)
 		return false;
 
 	/* Already protected? */
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 97cb48f03dc73ce701668891f3fd4f6f70ab9004..87ce64dafb93ad99508f5dbaf470e992c7f15d58 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -83,17 +83,6 @@ static inline bool bio_no_advance_iter(struct bio *bio)
 	       bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME;
 }
 
-static inline bool bio_is_rw(struct bio *bio)
-{
-	if (!bio_has_data(bio))
-		return false;
-
-	if (bio_no_advance_iter(bio))
-		return false;
-
-	return true;
-}
-
 static inline bool bio_mergeable(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOMERGE_FLAGS)