diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index a8012a955720..b8997f8c6324 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ long pipe_fcntl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
 	long ret;
 
-	pipe = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_pipe;
+	pipe = get_pipe_info(file);
 	if (!pipe)
 		return -EBADF;
 
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 0d92dabcc576..ce2f02579e35 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1311,17 +1311,6 @@ long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
 static int splice_pipe_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
 			       struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
 			       size_t len, unsigned int flags);
-/*
- * After the inode slimming patch, i_pipe/i_bdev/i_cdev share the same
- * location, so checking ->i_pipe is not enough to verify that this is a
- * pipe.
- */
-static inline struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file)
-{
-	struct inode *i = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-
-	return S_ISFIFO(i->i_mode) ? i->i_pipe : NULL;
-}
 
 /*
  * Determine where to splice to/from.
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index 445796945ac9..3c5ac3147428 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -161,4 +161,16 @@ void generic_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 /* for F_SETPIPE_SZ and F_GETPIPE_SZ */
 long pipe_fcntl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long arg);
 
+/*
+ * After the inode slimming patch, i_pipe/i_bdev/i_cdev share the same
+ * location, so checking ->i_pipe is not enough to verify that this is a
+ * pipe.
+ */
+static inline struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct inode *i = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+
+	return S_ISFIFO(i->i_mode) ? i->i_pipe : NULL;
+}
+
 #endif