diff --git a/dump/dump.c b/dump/dump.c
index 662d0a62cd..a84d8b1598 100644
--- a/dump/dump.c
+++ b/dump/dump.c
@@ -1293,14 +1293,6 @@ static size_t get_len_buf_out(size_t page_size, uint32_t flag_compress)
     return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * check if the page is all 0
- */
-static inline bool is_zero_page(const uint8_t *buf, size_t page_size)
-{
-    return buffer_is_zero(buf, page_size);
-}
-
 static void write_dump_pages(DumpState *s, Error **errp)
 {
     int ret = 0;
@@ -1357,7 +1349,7 @@ static void write_dump_pages(DumpState *s, Error **errp)
      */
     while (get_next_page(&block_iter, &pfn_iter, &buf, s)) {
         /* check zero page */
-        if (is_zero_page(buf, s->dump_info.page_size)) {
+        if (buffer_is_zero(buf, s->dump_info.page_size)) {
             ret = write_cache(&page_desc, &pd_zero, sizeof(PageDescriptor),
                               false);
             if (ret < 0) {