diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 83ab215baab..92de04b0baa 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1368,17 +1368,6 @@ int generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_delete_inode);
 
-/*
- * Normal UNIX filesystem behaviour: delete the
- * inode when the usage count drops to zero, and
- * i_nlink is zero.
- */
-int generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return !inode->i_nlink || inode_unhashed(inode);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_drop_inode);
-
 /*
  * Called when we're dropping the last reference
  * to an inode.
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 0ab89426ba5..b89dc4d60d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2305,7 +2305,10 @@ extern struct inode * igrab(struct inode *);
 extern ino_t iunique(struct super_block *, ino_t);
 extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode);
 extern int generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
-extern int generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
+static inline int generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return !inode->i_nlink || inode_unhashed(inode);
+}
 
 extern struct inode *ilookup5_nowait(struct super_block *sb,
 		unsigned long hashval, int (*test)(struct inode *, void *),