diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 9132faed1a41bef422b097004c5973ae697af6bf..6edcea720ddd00c53403b7e4f7c6552a271c3341 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1875,9 +1875,6 @@ void page_cache_async_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
 				unsigned long size);
 
 unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr);
-unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
-			struct address_space *mapping,
-			struct file *filp);
 
 /* Generic expand stack which grows the stack according to GROWS{UP,DOWN} */
 extern int expand_stack(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address);
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 3e910000fda43a55a477ea8c3b5984e2e8008fb8..07b67361a40a2d4a83ad4e005a96b81d63e05239 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #ifndef __MM_INTERNAL_H
 #define __MM_INTERNAL_H
 
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 
 void free_pgtables(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *start_vma,
@@ -21,6 +22,20 @@ static inline void set_page_count(struct page *page, int v)
 	atomic_set(&page->_count, v);
 }
 
+extern int __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
+		struct file *filp, pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read,
+		unsigned long lookahead_size);
+
+/*
+ * Submit IO for the read-ahead request in file_ra_state.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
+		struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp)
+{
+	return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
+					ra->start, ra->size, ra->async_size);
+}
+
 /*
  * Turn a non-refcounted page (->_count == 0) into refcounted with
  * a count of one.
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 29c5e1af5a0c79a5af00f097c2a03b7492316c8c..0ca36a7770b1b974eaea70d6357b7cdbd73aad3d 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
@@ -20,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 /*
  * Initialise a struct file's readahead state.  Assumes that the caller has
  * memset *ra to zero.
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
  *
  * Returns the number of pages requested, or the maximum amount of I/O allowed.
  */
-static int
-__do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
+int __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
 			pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read,
 			unsigned long lookahead_size)
 {
@@ -243,20 +242,6 @@ unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
 	return min(nr, MAX_READAHEAD);
 }
 
-/*
- * Submit IO for the read-ahead request in file_ra_state.
- */
-unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
-		       struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp)
-{
-	int actual;
-
-	actual = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
-					ra->start, ra->size, ra->async_size);
-
-	return actual;
-}
-
 /*
  * Set the initial window size, round to next power of 2 and square
  * for small size, x 4 for medium, and x 2 for large