diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index c6e895f0fbf3..9b47610338f5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static void nfs_zap_caches_locked(struct inode *inode)
 	nfsi->attrtimeo = NFS_MINATTRTIMEO(inode);
 	nfsi->attrtimeo_timestamp = jiffies;
 
-	memset(NFS_COOKIEVERF(inode), 0, sizeof(NFS_COOKIEVERF(inode)));
+	memset(NFS_I(inode)->cookieverf, 0, sizeof(NFS_I(inode)->cookieverf));
 	if (S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode))
 		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
 	else
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index d6b3b5f2d779..69322096c325 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ nfs3_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, struct rpc_cred *cred,
 		  u64 cookie, struct page **pages, unsigned int count, int plus)
 {
 	struct inode		*dir = dentry->d_inode;
-	__be32			*verf = NFS_COOKIEVERF(dir);
+	__be32			*verf = NFS_I(dir)->cookieverf;
 	struct nfs3_readdirargs	arg = {
 		.fh		= NFS_FH(dir),
 		.cookie		= cookie,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 635274140b18..86b4c7361036 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3215,11 +3215,11 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, struct rpc_cred *cred,
 			dentry->d_parent->d_name.name,
 			dentry->d_name.name,
 			(unsigned long long)cookie);
-	nfs4_setup_readdir(cookie, NFS_COOKIEVERF(dir), dentry, &args);
+	nfs4_setup_readdir(cookie, NFS_I(dir)->cookieverf, dentry, &args);
 	res.pgbase = args.pgbase;
 	status = nfs4_call_sync(NFS_SERVER(dir)->client, NFS_SERVER(dir), &msg, &args.seq_args, &res.seq_res, 0);
 	if (status >= 0) {
-		memcpy(NFS_COOKIEVERF(dir), res.verifier.data, NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE);
+		memcpy(NFS_I(dir)->cookieverf, res.verifier.data, NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE);
 		status += args.pgbase;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 1f8fc7f9bcd8..4b03f56e280e 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -265,11 +265,6 @@ static inline const struct nfs_rpc_ops *NFS_PROTO(const struct inode *inode)
 	return NFS_SERVER(inode)->nfs_client->rpc_ops;
 }
 
-static inline __be32 *NFS_COOKIEVERF(const struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return NFS_I(inode)->cookieverf;
-}
-
 static inline unsigned NFS_MINATTRTIMEO(const struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct nfs_server *nfss = NFS_SERVER(inode);