diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 530082c8cf0c..285b573ae82f 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1195,7 +1195,9 @@ static int bio_iov_iter_align_down(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		bio_release_page(bio, bv->bv_page);
+		if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_PAGE_PINNED))
+			unpin_user_page(bv->bv_page);
+
 		bio->bi_vcnt--;
 		nbytes -= bv->bv_len;
 	} while (nbytes);
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 980eef1f5690..886238cae5f1 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -595,17 +595,6 @@ void bdev_set_nr_sectors(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sectors);
 
 struct gendisk *__alloc_disk_node(struct request_queue *q, int node_id,
 		struct lock_class_key *lkclass);
-
-/*
- * Clean up a page appropriately, where the page may be pinned, may have a
- * ref taken on it or neither.
- */
-static inline void bio_release_page(struct bio *bio, struct page *page)
-{
-	if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_PAGE_PINNED))
-		unpin_user_page(page);
-}
-
 struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(struct queue_limits *lim, int node_id);
 
 int disk_scan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, blk_mode_t mode);