diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 3d84fcc471c6..e4f17c53ddfc 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -141,6 +141,31 @@ static void wb_wakeup(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&wb->work_lock);
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function is used when the first inode for this wb is marked dirty. It
+ * wakes-up the corresponding bdi thread which should then take care of the
+ * periodic background write-out of dirty inodes. Since the write-out would
+ * starts only 'dirty_writeback_interval' centisecs from now anyway, we just
+ * set up a timer which wakes the bdi thread up later.
+ *
+ * Note, we wouldn't bother setting up the timer, but this function is on the
+ * fast-path (used by '__mark_inode_dirty()'), so we save few context switches
+ * by delaying the wake-up.
+ *
+ * We have to be careful not to postpone flush work if it is scheduled for
+ * earlier. Thus we use queue_delayed_work().
+ */
+static void wb_wakeup_delayed(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+{
+	unsigned long timeout;
+
+	timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
+	spin_lock_irq(&wb->work_lock);
+	if (test_bit(WB_registered, &wb->state))
+		queue_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &wb->dwork, timeout);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&wb->work_lock);
+}
+
 static void finish_writeback_work(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 				  struct wb_writeback_work *work)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 1a97277f99b1..8e7af9a03b41 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ struct backing_dev_info *bdi_alloc(int node_id);
 
 void wb_start_background_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
 void wb_workfn(struct work_struct *work);
-void wb_wakeup_delayed(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
 
 void wb_wait_for_completion(struct wb_completion *done);
 
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 1e3447bccdb1..039dc74b505a 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -372,31 +372,6 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void)
 }
 subsys_initcall(default_bdi_init);
 
-/*
- * This function is used when the first inode for this wb is marked dirty. It
- * wakes-up the corresponding bdi thread which should then take care of the
- * periodic background write-out of dirty inodes. Since the write-out would
- * starts only 'dirty_writeback_interval' centisecs from now anyway, we just
- * set up a timer which wakes the bdi thread up later.
- *
- * Note, we wouldn't bother setting up the timer, but this function is on the
- * fast-path (used by '__mark_inode_dirty()'), so we save few context switches
- * by delaying the wake-up.
- *
- * We have to be careful not to postpone flush work if it is scheduled for
- * earlier. Thus we use queue_delayed_work().
- */
-void wb_wakeup_delayed(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
-{
-	unsigned long timeout;
-
-	timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
-	spin_lock_irq(&wb->work_lock);
-	if (test_bit(WB_registered, &wb->state))
-		queue_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &wb->dwork, timeout);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&wb->work_lock);
-}
-
 static void wb_update_bandwidth_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct bdi_writeback *wb = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),