diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 53899a8..18ee0ad 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -408,15 +408,7 @@
 	atomic_inc(&cifs_file->count);
 }
 
-/* Release a reference on the file private data */
-static inline void cifsFileInfo_put(struct cifsFileInfo *cifs_file)
-{
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&cifs_file->count)) {
-		cifs_put_tlink(cifs_file->tlink);
-		dput(cifs_file->dentry);
-		kfree(cifs_file);
-	}
-}
+void cifsFileInfo_put(struct cifsFileInfo *cifs_file);
 
 /*
  * One of these for each file inode