diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 459e6b8..ef2bb85 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -82,6 +82,49 @@
 			       struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 			       struct buffer_head **new_bh);
 
+static struct buffer_head *ocfs2_bread(struct inode *inode,
+				       int block, int *err, int reada)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	int tmperr;
+	u64 p_blkno;
+	int readflags = OCFS2_BH_CACHED;
+
+	if (reada)
+		readflags |= OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD;
+
+	if (((u64)block << inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits) >=
+	    i_size_read(inode)) {
+		BUG_ON(!reada);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	down_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
+	tmperr = ocfs2_extent_map_get_blocks(inode, block, &p_blkno, NULL,
+					     NULL);
+	up_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
+	if (tmperr < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(tmperr);
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	tmperr = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, p_blkno, 1, &bh, readflags);
+	if (tmperr < 0)
+		goto fail;
+
+	tmperr = 0;
+
+	*err = 0;
+	return bh;
+
+fail:
+	brelse(bh);
+	bh = NULL;
+
+	*err = -EIO;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * bh passed here can be an inode block or a dir data block, depending
  * on the inode inline data flag.
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index c5ee9e3..8381c26 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1133,56 +1133,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * TODO: this should probably be merged into ocfs2_get_block
- *
- * However, you now need to pay attention to the cont_prepare_write()
- * stuff in ocfs2_get_block (that is, ocfs2_get_block pretty much
- * expects never to extend).
- */
-struct buffer_head *ocfs2_bread(struct inode *inode,
-				int block, int *err, int reada)
-{
-	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
-	int tmperr;
-	u64 p_blkno;
-	int readflags = OCFS2_BH_CACHED;
-
-	if (reada)
-		readflags |= OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD;
-
-	if (((u64)block << inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits) >=
-	    i_size_read(inode)) {
-		BUG_ON(!reada);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	down_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-	tmperr = ocfs2_extent_map_get_blocks(inode, block, &p_blkno, NULL,
-					     NULL);
-	up_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-	if (tmperr < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(tmperr);
-		goto fail;
-	}
-
-	tmperr = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, p_blkno, 1, &bh, readflags);
-	if (tmperr < 0)
-		goto fail;
-
-	tmperr = 0;
-
-	*err = 0;
-	return bh;
-
-fail:
-	brelse(bh);
-	bh = NULL;
-
-	*err = -EIO;
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-/*
  * This is called from our getattr.
  */
 int ocfs2_inode_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index f66e434..2f37af9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@
 
 extern const struct address_space_operations ocfs2_aops;
 
-struct buffer_head *ocfs2_bread(struct inode *inode, int block,
-				int *err, int reada);
 void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void ocfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void ocfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);