diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index bb72ad34d51d..9f81bdd91c55 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1454,11 +1454,6 @@ static int nfs_commit_unstable_pages(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_contr
 	return ret;
 }
 #else
-int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int nfs_commit_unstable_pages(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index f6e2455f13d1..bad4d121b16e 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -496,6 +496,12 @@ extern int nfs_wb_page_cancel(struct inode *inode, struct page* page);
 extern int  nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern struct nfs_write_data *nfs_commitdata_alloc(void);
 extern void nfs_commit_free(struct nfs_write_data *wdata);
+#else
+static inline int
+nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif
 
 static inline int