diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 4ce4a0f..78cf88f 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -569,3 +569,47 @@
 	return __alloc_fd(current->files, 0, rlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE), flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_unused_fd_flags);
+
+static void __put_unused_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd)
+{
+	struct fdtable *fdt = files_fdtable(files);
+	__clear_open_fd(fd, fdt);
+	if (fd < files->next_fd)
+		files->next_fd = fd;
+}
+
+void put_unused_fd(unsigned int fd)
+{
+	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
+	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
+	__put_unused_fd(files, fd);
+	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(put_unused_fd);
+
+/*
+ * Install a file pointer in the fd array.
+ *
+ * The VFS is full of places where we drop the files lock between
+ * setting the open_fds bitmap and installing the file in the file
+ * array.  At any such point, we are vulnerable to a dup2() race
+ * installing a file in the array before us.  We need to detect this and
+ * fput() the struct file we are about to overwrite in this case.
+ *
+ * It should never happen - if we allow dup2() do it, _really_ bad things
+ * will follow.
+ */
+
+void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
+	struct fdtable *fdt;
+	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
+	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
+	BUG_ON(fdt->fd[fd] != NULL);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], file);
+	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fd_install);
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index e1f2cdb..c525bd0 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -803,50 +803,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_open);
 
-static void __put_unused_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd)
-{
-	struct fdtable *fdt = files_fdtable(files);
-	__clear_open_fd(fd, fdt);
-	if (fd < files->next_fd)
-		files->next_fd = fd;
-}
-
-void put_unused_fd(unsigned int fd)
-{
-	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
-	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
-	__put_unused_fd(files, fd);
-	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(put_unused_fd);
-
-/*
- * Install a file pointer in the fd array.
- *
- * The VFS is full of places where we drop the files lock between
- * setting the open_fds bitmap and installing the file in the file
- * array.  At any such point, we are vulnerable to a dup2() race
- * installing a file in the array before us.  We need to detect this and
- * fput() the struct file we are about to overwrite in this case.
- *
- * It should never happen - if we allow dup2() do it, _really_ bad things
- * will follow.
- */
-
-void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file)
-{
-	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
-	struct fdtable *fdt;
-	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
-	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
-	BUG_ON(fdt->fd[fd] != NULL);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], file);
-	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(fd_install);
-
 static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, umode_t mode, struct open_flags *op)
 {
 	int lookup_flags = 0;