diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 6fdf82b..f55721f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -1246,14 +1246,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int inode_ref_info(u64 inum, u64 ioff, struct btrfs_root *fs_root,
-				struct btrfs_path *path,
-				struct btrfs_key *found_key)
-{
-	return btrfs_find_item(fs_root, path, inum, ioff,
-			BTRFS_INODE_REF_KEY, found_key);
-}
-
 int btrfs_find_one_extref(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 inode_objectid,
 			  u64 start_off, struct btrfs_path *path,
 			  struct btrfs_inode_extref **ret_extref,
@@ -1363,7 +1355,8 @@
 			btrfs_tree_read_unlock_blocking(eb);
 			free_extent_buffer(eb);
 		}
-		ret = inode_ref_info(parent, 0, fs_root, path, &found_key);
+		ret = btrfs_find_item(fs_root, path, parent, 0,
+				BTRFS_INODE_REF_KEY, &found_key);
 		if (ret > 0)
 			ret = -ENOENT;
 		if (ret)
@@ -1716,8 +1709,10 @@
 	struct btrfs_key found_key;
 
 	while (!ret) {
-		ret = inode_ref_info(inum, parent ? parent+1 : 0, fs_root, path,
-				     &found_key);
+		ret = btrfs_find_item(fs_root, path, inum,
+				parent ? parent + 1 : 0, BTRFS_INODE_REF_KEY,
+				&found_key);
+
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 		if (ret) {