diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 18ae3ba8f78a..492465c6e0b4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1050,6 +1050,33 @@ xfs_buf_ioerror(
 	trace_xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, error, _RET_IP_);
 }
 
+int
+xfs_bwrite(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
+{
+	int			iowait = (bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC) == 0;
+	int			error = 0;
+
+	bp->b_strat = xfs_bdstrat_cb;
+	bp->b_mount = mp;
+	bp->b_flags |= XBF_WRITE;
+	if (!iowait)
+		bp->b_flags |= _XBF_RUN_QUEUES;
+
+	xfs_buf_delwri_dequeue(bp);
+	xfs_buf_iostrategy(bp);
+
+	if (iowait) {
+		error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
+		if (error)
+			xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_META_IO_ERROR);
+		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+	}
+
+	return error;
+}
+
 int
 xfs_bawrite(
 	void			*mp,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
index c20a76001867..f69b8e714a11 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ extern void xfs_buf_lock(xfs_buf_t *);
 extern void xfs_buf_unlock(xfs_buf_t *);
 
 /* Buffer Read and Write Routines */
+extern int xfs_bwrite(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_buf *bp);
 extern int xfs_bawrite(void *mp, xfs_buf_t *bp);
 extern void xfs_bdwrite(void *mp, xfs_buf_t *bp);
 extern void xfs_buf_ioend(xfs_buf_t *,	int);
@@ -390,24 +391,6 @@ static inline void xfs_buf_relse(xfs_buf_t *bp)
 #define xfs_biozero(bp, off, len) \
 	    xfs_buf_iomove((bp), (off), (len), NULL, XBRW_ZERO)
 
-
-static inline int XFS_bwrite(xfs_buf_t *bp)
-{
-	int	iowait = (bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC) == 0;
-	int	error = 0;
-
-	if (!iowait)
-		bp->b_flags |= _XBF_RUN_QUEUES;
-
-	xfs_buf_delwri_dequeue(bp);
-	xfs_buf_iostrategy(bp);
-	if (iowait) {
-		error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
-		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-	}
-	return error;
-}
-
 #define xfs_iowait(bp)	xfs_buf_iowait(bp)
 
 #define xfs_baread(target, rablkno, ralen)  \
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
index 5aa07caea5f1..9d933a10d6bb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
@@ -305,37 +305,6 @@ xfs_read_buf(
 	return (error);
 }
 
-/*
- * Wrapper around bwrite() so that we can trap
- * write errors, and act accordingly.
- */
-int
-xfs_bwrite(
-	struct xfs_mount *mp,
-	struct xfs_buf	 *bp)
-{
-	int	error;
-
-	/*
-	 * XXXsup how does this work for quotas.
-	 */
-	XFS_BUF_SET_BDSTRAT_FUNC(bp, xfs_bdstrat_cb);
-	bp->b_mount = mp;
-	XFS_BUF_WRITE(bp);
-
-	if ((error = XFS_bwrite(bp))) {
-		ASSERT(mp);
-		/*
-		 * Cannot put a buftrace here since if the buffer is not
-		 * B_HOLD then we will brelse() the buffer before returning
-		 * from bwrite and we could be tracing a buffer that has
-		 * been reused.
-		 */
-		xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_META_IO_ERROR);
-	}
-	return (error);
-}
-
 /*
  * helper function to extract extent size hint from inode
  */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
index 571f2174435c..ff68eb5e738e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ xfs_fsb_to_db(struct xfs_inode *ip, xfs_fsblock_t fsb)
  * Prototypes for functions in xfs_rw.c.
  */
 extern int xfs_write_clear_setuid(struct xfs_inode *ip);
-extern int xfs_bwrite(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_buf *bp);
 extern int xfs_bioerror(struct xfs_buf *bp);
 extern int xfs_bioerror_relse(struct xfs_buf *bp);
 extern int xfs_read_buf(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_buftarg_t *btp,