diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index fdee9270ca15..388f48079c43 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ out_mark_dirty:
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int nfs_commit_unstable_pages(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+int nfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 	int flags = FLUSH_SYNC;
@@ -1847,11 +1847,6 @@ out_mark_dirty:
 	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
 	return ret;
 }
-
-int nfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
-{
-	return nfs_commit_unstable_pages(inode, wbc);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_write_inode);
 
 /*