diff --git a/block/as-iosched.c b/block/as-iosched.c
index 71f0abb219ee..802b5d0d8536 100644
--- a/block/as-iosched.c
+++ b/block/as-iosched.c
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ static void as_exit_queue(elevator_t *e)
 	struct as_data *ad = e->elevator_data;
 
 	del_timer_sync(&ad->antic_timer);
-	kblockd_flush_work(&ad->antic_work);
+	cancel_work_sync(&ad->antic_work);
 
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ad->fifo_list[REQ_SYNC]));
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ad->fifo_list[REQ_ASYNC]));
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 20e1724ccb4c..2fdcd0cff57f 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ void blk_sync_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	del_timer_sync(&q->unplug_timer);
 	del_timer_sync(&q->timeout);
-	kblockd_flush_work(&q->unplug_work);
+	cancel_work_sync(&q->unplug_work);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_sync_queue);
 
@@ -2147,12 +2147,6 @@ int kblockd_schedule_work(struct request_queue *q, struct work_struct *work)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kblockd_schedule_work);
 
-void kblockd_flush_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	cancel_work_sync(work);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kblockd_flush_work);
-
 int __init blk_dev_init(void)
 {
 	kblockd_workqueue = create_workqueue("kblockd");
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 6a062eebbd15..a2bfec7d6b36 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@ out_cont:
 static void cfq_shutdown_timer_wq(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
 {
 	del_timer_sync(&cfqd->idle_slice_timer);
-	kblockd_flush_work(&cfqd->unplug_work);
+	cancel_work_sync(&cfqd->unplug_work);
 }
 
 static void cfq_put_async_queues(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 482e9600f7a2..e9bb73ff1d64 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -978,7 +978,6 @@ static inline void put_dev_sector(Sector p)
 
 struct work_struct;
 int kblockd_schedule_work(struct request_queue *q, struct work_struct *work);
-void kblockd_flush_work(struct work_struct *work);
 
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV(major,minor) \
 	MODULE_ALIAS("block-major-" __stringify(major) "-" __stringify(minor))