diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index acf6788..29ed682 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Second Extended Filesystem");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-static int ext2_update_inode(struct inode * inode, int do_sync);
-
 /*
  * Test whether an inode is a fast symlink.
  */
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@
 		goto no_delete;
 	EXT2_I(inode)->i_dtime	= get_seconds();
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-	ext2_update_inode(inode, inode_needs_sync(inode));
+	ext2_write_inode(inode, inode_needs_sync(inode));
 
 	inode->i_size = 0;
 	if (inode->i_blocks)
@@ -1337,7 +1335,7 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
-static int ext2_update_inode(struct inode * inode, int do_sync)
+int ext2_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int do_sync)
 {
 	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
@@ -1442,11 +1440,6 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-int ext2_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait)
-{
-	return ext2_update_inode(inode, wait);
-}
-
 int ext2_sync_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {