diff --git a/fs/befs/datastream.c b/fs/befs/datastream.c
index af1bc19b7c85b582e5c87981b92beb65deeefcf5..26cc417cbdce678a425cb8bfd0b7109007c8b880 100644
--- a/fs/befs/datastream.c
+++ b/fs/befs/datastream.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ befs_find_brun_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	/* Examine blocks of the indirect run one at a time */
 	for (i = 0; i < indirect.len; i++) {
-		indirblock = befs_bread(sb, indirblockno + i);
+		indirblock = sb_bread(sb, indirblockno + i);
 		if (indirblock == NULL) {
 			befs_debug(sb, "---> %s failed to read "
 				   "disk block %lu from the indirect brun",
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ befs_find_brun_dblindirect(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 
 	dbl_indir_block =
-	    befs_bread(sb, iaddr2blockno(sb, &data->double_indirect) +
+	    sb_bread(sb, iaddr2blockno(sb, &data->double_indirect) +
 					dbl_which_block);
 	if (dbl_indir_block == NULL) {
 		befs_error(sb, "%s couldn't read the "
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ befs_find_brun_dblindirect(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 
 	indir_block =
-	    befs_bread(sb, iaddr2blockno(sb, &indir_run) + which_block);
+	    sb_bread(sb, iaddr2blockno(sb, &indir_run) + which_block);
 	if (indir_block == NULL) {
 		befs_error(sb, "%s couldn't read the indirect block "
 			   "at blockno %lu", __func__, (unsigned long)
diff --git a/fs/befs/io.c b/fs/befs/io.c
index 523c8af2d770b08473bfa6200d635ae46364b0e2..4223b779fcc43afe40fc011b373e2b69a7bc7d83 100644
--- a/fs/befs/io.c
+++ b/fs/befs/io.c
@@ -59,27 +59,3 @@ befs_bread_iaddr(struct super_block *sb, befs_inode_addr iaddr)
 	befs_debug(sb, "<--- %s ERROR", __func__);
 	return NULL;
 }
-
-struct buffer_head *
-befs_bread(struct super_block *sb, befs_blocknr_t block)
-{
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
-
-	befs_debug(sb, "---> Enter %s %lu", __func__, (unsigned long)block);
-
-	bh = sb_bread(sb, block);
-
-	if (bh == NULL) {
-		befs_error(sb, "Failed to read block %lu",
-			   (unsigned long)block);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	befs_debug(sb, "<--- %s", __func__);
-
-	return bh;
-
-      error:
-	befs_debug(sb, "<--- %s ERROR", __func__);
-	return NULL;
-}
diff --git a/fs/befs/io.h b/fs/befs/io.h
index 9b78266b6aa57b73637167d0fb426ccc08be2cff..78d7bc6e60dee4d51fb1ac6325cca8b3929bd9c2 100644
--- a/fs/befs/io.h
+++ b/fs/befs/io.h
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@
 struct buffer_head *befs_bread_iaddr(struct super_block *sb,
 				     befs_inode_addr iaddr);
 
-struct buffer_head *befs_bread(struct super_block *sb, befs_blocknr_t block);
-
diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index 453bb68da219d779cbdb5dda7d64012a79eb9315..619b998e9a1eb6d7a6f8f27d19ec1cce25bec169 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static struct inode *befs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		   befs_ino->i_inode_num.allocation_group,
 		   befs_ino->i_inode_num.start, befs_ino->i_inode_num.len);
 
-	bh = befs_bread(sb, inode->i_ino);
+	bh = sb_bread(sb, inode->i_ino);
 	if (!bh) {
 		befs_error(sb, "unable to read inode block - "
 			   "inode = %lu", inode->i_ino);