diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 8c3c6899ccf..f45dbc18dd1 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ int fsync_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
 	}
 	return sync_blockdev(bdev);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fsync_bdev);
 
 /**
  * freeze_bdev  --  lock a filesystem and force it into a consistent state
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index a2fd743d97c..b71e52925c8 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -3281,7 +3281,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cont_write_begin);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_read_sync);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_write_sync);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_fsync);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(fsync_bdev);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_block_bmap);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_cont_expand_simple);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_buffer);
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index f19fd9045ea..fc91665d39d 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -332,22 +332,10 @@ extern int __set_page_dirty_buffers(struct page *page);
 
 static inline void buffer_init(void) {}
 static inline int try_to_free_buffers(struct page *page) { return 1; }
-static inline int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev) { return 0; }
 static inline int inode_has_buffers(struct inode *inode) { return 0; }
 static inline void invalidate_inode_buffers(struct inode *inode) {}
 static inline int remove_inode_buffers(struct inode *inode) { return 1; }
 static inline int sync_mapping_buffers(struct address_space *mapping) { return 0; }
-static inline void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev) {}
-
-static inline struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *sb)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static inline int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 #endif /* _LINUX_BUFFER_HEAD_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3d7bd5447ca..67413472559 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1886,6 +1886,18 @@ extern int fsync_super(struct super_block *);
 extern int fsync_no_super(struct block_device *);
 #else
 static inline void bd_forget(struct inode *inode) {}
+static inline int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev) { return 0; }
+static inline void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev) {}
+
+static inline struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *sb)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif
 extern const struct file_operations def_blk_fops;
 extern const struct file_operations def_chr_fops;