diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index cc964faf12e9..b58f8412dfe2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -451,9 +451,6 @@ xfs_quiesce_data(
 	xfs_sync_data(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 	xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 
-	/* drop inode references pinned by filestreams */
-	xfs_filestream_flush(mp);
-
 	/* write superblock and hoover up shutdown errors */
 	error = xfs_sync_fsdata(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
index 914d00d0f119..390850ee6603 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
@@ -454,20 +454,6 @@ xfs_filestream_unmount(
 	xfs_mru_cache_destroy(mp->m_filestream);
 }
 
-/*
- * If the mount point's m_perag tree is going to be modified, all
- * outstanding cache entries must be flushed to avoid accessing reference count
- * addresses that have been freed.  The call to xfs_filestream_flush() must be
- * made inside the block that holds the m_perag_lock in write mode to do the
- * reallocation.
- */
-void
-xfs_filestream_flush(
-	xfs_mount_t	*mp)
-{
-	xfs_mru_cache_flush(mp->m_filestream);
-}
-
 /*
  * Return the AG of the filestream the file or directory belongs to, or
  * NULLAGNUMBER otherwise.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.h
index 58378b2ea033..260f757bbc5d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.h
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ int xfs_filestream_init(void);
 void xfs_filestream_uninit(void);
 int xfs_filestream_mount(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 void xfs_filestream_unmount(struct xfs_mount *mp);
-void xfs_filestream_flush(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 xfs_agnumber_t xfs_filestream_lookup_ag(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 int xfs_filestream_associate(struct xfs_inode *dip, struct xfs_inode *ip);
 void xfs_filestream_deassociate(struct xfs_inode *ip);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.c
index 4b0613d99faa..45ce15dc5b2b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ exit:
  * guaranteed that all the free functions for all the elements have finished
  * executing and the reaper is not running.
  */
-void
+static void
 xfs_mru_cache_flush(
 	xfs_mru_cache_t		*mru)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.h
index 5d439f34b0c9..36dd3ec8b4eb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ void xfs_mru_cache_uninit(void);
 int xfs_mru_cache_create(struct xfs_mru_cache **mrup, unsigned int lifetime_ms,
 			     unsigned int grp_count,
 			     xfs_mru_cache_free_func_t free_func);
-void xfs_mru_cache_flush(xfs_mru_cache_t *mru);
 void xfs_mru_cache_destroy(struct xfs_mru_cache *mru);
 int xfs_mru_cache_insert(struct xfs_mru_cache *mru, unsigned long key,
 				void *value);