diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 857fa49e984ca025b36a653aced4af23d56f20b5..c5575de01113eb24aa182c77b35d46d0f0fced48 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static int expand_fdtable(struct files_struct *files, int nr)
 		copy_fdtable(new_fdt, cur_fdt);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(files->fdt, new_fdt);
 		if (cur_fdt->max_fds > NR_OPEN_DEFAULT)
-			call_rcu(&cur_fdt->rcu, free_fdtable_rcu);
+			free_fdtable(cur_fdt);
 	} else {
 		/* Somebody else expanded, so undo our attempt */
 		free_fdarr(new_fdt);
diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
index edca361f2ab4c7babd090e42b5a43ffc64eb54ef..a59001e9ea58bb2cd91c999d6b0f9dba6ac06f7e 100644
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ extern int expand_files(struct files_struct *, int nr);
 extern void free_fdtable_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu);
 extern void __init files_defer_init(void);
 
+static inline void free_fdtable(struct fdtable *fdt)
+{
+	call_rcu(&fdt->rcu, free_fdtable_rcu);
+}
+
 static inline struct file * fcheck_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd)
 {
 	struct file * file = NULL;
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 122fadb972fc2dd9ff3fda5cf15c3c0432a50007..85917c2bf06557b61f1c08773d32b3a044a90c34 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ void fastcall put_files_struct(struct files_struct *files)
 		fdt = files_fdtable(files);
 		if (fdt != &files->fdtab)
 			kmem_cache_free(files_cachep, files);
-		call_rcu(&fdt->rcu, free_fdtable_rcu);
+		free_fdtable(fdt);
 	}
 }