diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
index 6fa1089..4c199d1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
@@ -336,3 +336,25 @@
 	}
 	return (error);
 }
+
+/*
+ * helper function to extract extent size hint from inode
+ */
+xfs_extlen_t
+xfs_get_extsz_hint(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
+{
+	xfs_extlen_t		extsz;
+
+	if (unlikely(XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip))) {
+		extsz = (ip->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE)
+				? ip->i_d.di_extsize
+				: ip->i_mount->m_sb.sb_rextsize;
+		ASSERT(extsz);
+	} else {
+		extsz = (ip->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE)
+				? ip->i_d.di_extsize : 0;
+	}
+
+	return extsz;
+}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
index 726014d..571f217 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
@@ -37,27 +37,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * helper function to extract extent size hint from inode
- */
-STATIC_INLINE xfs_extlen_t
-xfs_get_extsz_hint(
-	xfs_inode_t	*ip)
-{
-	xfs_extlen_t	extsz;
-
-	if (unlikely(XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip))) {
-		extsz = (ip->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE)
-				? ip->i_d.di_extsize
-				: ip->i_mount->m_sb.sb_rextsize;
-		ASSERT(extsz);
-	} else {
-		extsz = (ip->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE)
-				? ip->i_d.di_extsize : 0;
-	}
-	return extsz;
-}
-
-/*
  * Prototypes for functions in xfs_rw.c.
  */
 extern int xfs_write_clear_setuid(struct xfs_inode *ip);
@@ -69,5 +48,6 @@
 			struct xfs_buf **bpp);
 extern void xfs_ioerror_alert(char *func, struct xfs_mount *mp,
 				xfs_buf_t *bp, xfs_daddr_t blkno);
+extern xfs_extlen_t xfs_get_extsz_hint(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 
 #endif /* __XFS_RW_H__ */