diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 4ea7157ca03c..04e480740438 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -3131,36 +3131,6 @@ int btrfs_del_orphan_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			  struct btrfs_root *root, u64 offset);
 int btrfs_find_orphan_item(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 offset);
 
-/* inode-item.c */
-int btrfs_insert_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			   struct btrfs_root *root,
-			   const char *name, int name_len,
-			   u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, u64 index);
-int btrfs_del_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			   struct btrfs_root *root,
-			   const char *name, int name_len,
-			   u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, u64 *index);
-int btrfs_insert_empty_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			     struct btrfs_root *root,
-			     struct btrfs_path *path, u64 objectid);
-int btrfs_lookup_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
-		       *root, struct btrfs_path *path,
-		       struct btrfs_key *location, int mod);
-
-struct btrfs_inode_extref *
-btrfs_lookup_inode_extref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			  struct btrfs_root *root,
-			  struct btrfs_path *path,
-			  const char *name, int name_len,
-			  u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, int ins_len,
-			  int cow);
-
-struct btrfs_inode_ref *btrfs_find_name_in_backref(struct extent_buffer *leaf,
-						   int slot, const char *name,
-						   int name_len);
-struct btrfs_inode_extref *btrfs_find_name_in_ext_backref(
-		struct extent_buffer *leaf, int slot, u64 ref_objectid,
-		const char *name, int name_len);
 /* file-item.c */
 struct btrfs_dio_private;
 int btrfs_del_csums(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index 6f134f2c5e68..748bf6b0d860 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "qgroup.h"
 #include "locking.h"
+#include "inode-item.h"
 
 #define BTRFS_DELAYED_WRITEBACK		512
 #define BTRFS_DELAYED_BACKGROUND	128
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 132209ff2262..55e1be703a39 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "block-group.h"
 #include "discard.h"
 #include "subpage.h"
+#include "inode-item.h"
 
 #define BITS_PER_BITMAP		(PAGE_SIZE * 8UL)
 #define MAX_CACHE_BYTES_PER_GIG	SZ_64K
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode-item.c b/fs/btrfs/inode-item.c
index 56755ce9a907..72593a93c43c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode-item.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "ctree.h"
+#include "inode-item.h"
 #include "disk-io.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
 #include "print-tree.h"
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode-item.h b/fs/btrfs/inode-item.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30476bcdf413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode-item.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#ifndef BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_H
+#define BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+struct btrfs_trans_handle;
+struct btrfs_root;
+struct btrfs_path;
+struct btrfs_key;
+struct btrfs_inode_extref;
+struct extent_buffer;
+
+int btrfs_insert_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			   struct btrfs_root *root,
+			   const char *name, int name_len,
+			   u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, u64 index);
+int btrfs_del_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			   struct btrfs_root *root,
+			   const char *name, int name_len,
+			   u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, u64 *index);
+int btrfs_insert_empty_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			     struct btrfs_root *root,
+			     struct btrfs_path *path, u64 objectid);
+int btrfs_lookup_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
+		       *root, struct btrfs_path *path,
+		       struct btrfs_key *location, int mod);
+
+struct btrfs_inode_extref *btrfs_lookup_inode_extref(
+			  struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			  struct btrfs_root *root,
+			  struct btrfs_path *path,
+			  const char *name, int name_len,
+			  u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, int ins_len,
+			  int cow);
+
+struct btrfs_inode_ref *btrfs_find_name_in_backref(struct extent_buffer *leaf,
+						   int slot, const char *name,
+						   int name_len);
+struct btrfs_inode_extref *btrfs_find_name_in_ext_backref(
+		struct extent_buffer *leaf, int slot, u64 ref_objectid,
+		const char *name, int name_len);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 504cf090fc88..6ccdcf76b02f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "space-info.h"
 #include "zoned.h"
 #include "subpage.h"
+#include "inode-item.h"
 
 struct btrfs_iget_args {
 	u64 ino;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index 775aff5a2c26..f5465197996d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "subpage.h"
 #include "zoned.h"
+#include "inode-item.h"
 
 /*
  * Relocation overview
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 7c4634ac511e..64b42f4b11f2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "block-group.h"
 #include "space-info.h"
 #include "zoned.h"
+#include "inode-item.h"
 
 /* magic values for the inode_only field in btrfs_log_inode:
  *