diff --git a/fs/qnx4/inode.c b/fs/qnx4/inode.c
index 14a0ba0..7900a81 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/inode.c
@@ -52,38 +52,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct buffer_head *qnx4_getblk(struct inode *inode, int nr,
-				       int create)
-{
-	struct buffer_head *result = NULL;
-
-	if ( nr >= 0 )
-		nr = qnx4_block_map( inode, nr );
-	if (nr) {
-		result = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, nr);
-		return result;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-struct buffer_head *qnx4_bread(struct inode *inode, int block, int create)
-{
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
-
-	bh = qnx4_getblk(inode, block, create);
-	if (!bh || buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-		return bh;
-	}
-	ll_rw_block(READ, 1, &bh);
-	wait_on_buffer(bh);
-	if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-		return bh;
-	}
-	brelse(bh);
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static int qnx4_get_block( struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock, struct buffer_head *bh, int create )
 {
 	unsigned long phys;
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/namei.c b/fs/qnx4/namei.c
index e8eb878..a512c0b 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/namei.c
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@
 	block = offset = blkofs = 0;
 	while (blkofs * QNX4_BLOCK_SIZE + offset < dir->i_size) {
 		if (!bh) {
-			bh = qnx4_bread(dir, blkofs, 0);
+			block = qnx4_block_map(dir, blkofs);
+			if (block)
+				bh = sb_bread(dir->i_sb, block);
 			if (!bh) {
 				blkofs++;
 				continue;
@@ -76,7 +78,6 @@
 		}
 		*res_dir = (struct qnx4_inode_entry *) (bh->b_data + offset);
 		if (qnx4_match(len, name, bh, &offset)) {
-			block = qnx4_block_map( dir, blkofs );
 			*ino = block * QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK +
 			    (offset / QNX4_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE) - 1;
 			return bh;
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/qnx4.h b/fs/qnx4/qnx4.h
index 33a6085..244d462 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/qnx4.h
+++ b/fs/qnx4/qnx4.h
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 extern unsigned long qnx4_count_free_blocks(struct super_block *sb);
 extern unsigned long qnx4_block_map(struct inode *inode, long iblock);
 
-extern struct buffer_head *qnx4_bread(struct inode *, int, int);
-
 extern const struct inode_operations qnx4_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations qnx4_dir_operations;
 extern int qnx4_is_free(struct super_block *sb, long block);