diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-mq.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-mq.c
index dc112a7137fe..4296155090b2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-mq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-mq.c
@@ -959,23 +959,21 @@ out:
 	return r;
 }
 
-static void remove_mapping(struct mq_policy *mq, dm_oblock_t oblock)
+static void mq_remove_mapping(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock)
 {
-	struct entry *e = hash_lookup(mq, oblock);
+	struct mq_policy *mq = to_mq_policy(p);
+	struct entry *e;
+
+	mutex_lock(&mq->lock);
+
+	e = hash_lookup(mq, oblock);
 
 	BUG_ON(!e || !e->in_cache);
 
 	del(mq, e);
 	e->in_cache = false;
 	push(mq, e);
-}
 
-static void mq_remove_mapping(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock)
-{
-	struct mq_policy *mq = to_mq_policy(p);
-
-	mutex_lock(&mq->lock);
-	remove_mapping(mq, oblock);
 	mutex_unlock(&mq->lock);
 }