diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index c35610845ab1..8a6aa8caf891 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ loff_t inode_get_bytes(struct inode *inode)
 	loff_t ret;
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	ret = (((loff_t)inode->i_blocks) << 9) + inode->i_bytes;
+	ret = __inode_get_bytes(inode);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6e1fd5d21248..d6e9ab7f184f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2998,6 +2998,10 @@ void __inode_add_bytes(struct inode *inode, loff_t bytes);
 void inode_add_bytes(struct inode *inode, loff_t bytes);
 void __inode_sub_bytes(struct inode *inode, loff_t bytes);
 void inode_sub_bytes(struct inode *inode, loff_t bytes);
+static inline loff_t __inode_get_bytes(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return (((loff_t)inode->i_blocks) << 9) + inode->i_bytes;
+}
 loff_t inode_get_bytes(struct inode *inode);
 void inode_set_bytes(struct inode *inode, loff_t bytes);
 const char *simple_get_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *,