diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index f063541..f8d37a8 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1037,22 +1037,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_insert_request);
 
-/*
- * add-request adds a request to the linked list.
- * queue lock is held and interrupts disabled, as we muck with the
- * request queue list.
- */
-static inline void add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
-{
-	drive_stat_acct(req, 1);
-
-	/*
-	 * elevator indicated where it wants this request to be
-	 * inserted at elevator_merge time
-	 */
-	__elv_add_request(q, req, ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT, 0);
-}
-
 static void part_round_stats_single(int cpu, struct hd_struct *part,
 				    unsigned long now)
 {
@@ -1316,7 +1300,10 @@
 		req->cpu = blk_cpu_to_group(smp_processor_id());
 	if (queue_should_plug(q) && elv_queue_empty(q))
 		blk_plug_device(q);
-	add_request(q, req);
+
+	/* insert the request into the elevator */
+	drive_stat_acct(req, 1);
+	__elv_add_request(q, req, ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT, 0);
 out:
 	if (unplug || !queue_should_plug(q))
 		__generic_unplug_device(q);