diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index da308774b8a4..f7ab01fa5315 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2733,8 +2733,6 @@ void btrfs_delalloc_release_space(struct inode *inode,
 			struct extent_changeset *reserved, u64 start, u64 len);
 void btrfs_free_reserved_data_space_noquota(struct inode *inode, u64 start,
 					    u64 len);
-void btrfs_trans_release_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-				  struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 void btrfs_trans_release_chunk_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans);
 int btrfs_orphan_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				  struct btrfs_inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index c1618ab9fecf..8f772fec9d6d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -5893,24 +5893,6 @@ static void release_global_block_rsv(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	WARN_ON(fs_info->delayed_block_rsv.reserved > 0);
 }
 
-void btrfs_trans_release_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-				  struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
-{
-	if (!trans->block_rsv) {
-		ASSERT(!trans->bytes_reserved);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (!trans->bytes_reserved)
-		return;
-
-	ASSERT(trans->block_rsv == &fs_info->trans_block_rsv);
-	trace_btrfs_space_reservation(fs_info, "transaction",
-				      trans->transid, trans->bytes_reserved, 0);
-	btrfs_block_rsv_release(fs_info, trans->block_rsv,
-				trans->bytes_reserved);
-	trans->bytes_reserved = 0;
-}
 
 /*
  * To be called after all the new block groups attached to the transaction
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 2141587195d4..beca25635787 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -818,6 +818,25 @@ int btrfs_should_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 	return should_end_transaction(trans);
 }
 
+static void btrfs_trans_release_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				  struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	if (!trans->block_rsv) {
+		ASSERT(!trans->bytes_reserved);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!trans->bytes_reserved)
+		return;
+
+	ASSERT(trans->block_rsv == &fs_info->trans_block_rsv);
+	trace_btrfs_space_reservation(fs_info, "transaction",
+				      trans->transid, trans->bytes_reserved, 0);
+	btrfs_block_rsv_release(fs_info, trans->block_rsv,
+				trans->bytes_reserved);
+	trans->bytes_reserved = 0;
+}
+
 static int __btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				   int throttle)
 {