diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 716f5ca479ad..5dbb99b57b33 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ static void disk_release(struct device *dev)
 	xa_destroy(&disk->part_tbl);
 	if (test_bit(GD_QUEUE_REF, &disk->state) && disk->queue)
 		blk_put_queue(disk->queue);
-	bdput(disk->part0);	/* frees the disk */
+	iput(disk->part0->bd_inode);	/* frees the disk */
 }
 struct class block_class = {
 	.name		= "block",
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ struct gendisk *__alloc_disk_node(int minors, int node_id)
 
 out_destroy_part_tbl:
 	xa_destroy(&disk->part_tbl);
-	bdput(disk->part0);
+	iput(disk->part0->bd_inode);
 out_free_disk:
 	kfree(disk);
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 4f7a1a9cd544..2415bffc2771 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void part_release(struct device *dev)
 	if (MAJOR(dev->devt) == BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR)
 		blk_free_ext_minor(MINOR(dev->devt));
 	put_disk(dev_to_bdev(dev)->bd_disk);
-	bdput(dev_to_bdev(dev));
+	iput(dev_to_bdev(dev)->bd_inode);
 }
 
 static int part_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 4f2c4e9e84f5..6658f40ae492 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -934,12 +934,6 @@ long nr_blockdev_pages(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void bdput(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-	iput(bdev->bd_inode);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdput);
- 
 /**
  * bd_may_claim - test whether a block device can be claimed
  * @bdev: block device of interest
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index eb1289a58917..b5c033cf5f26 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1984,7 +1984,6 @@ void blkdev_put_no_open(struct block_device *bdev);
 struct block_device *bdev_alloc(struct gendisk *disk, u8 partno);
 void bdev_add(struct block_device *bdev, dev_t dev);
 struct block_device *I_BDEV(struct inode *inode);
-void bdput(struct block_device *);
 int truncate_bdev_range(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, loff_t lstart,
 		loff_t lend);