diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ecb0b439747e..68a896c804b7 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2395,33 +2395,6 @@ int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
 
-/**
- * lookup_hash - lookup single pathname component on already hashed name
- * @name:	name and hash to lookup
- * @base:	base directory to lookup from
- *
- * The name must have been verified and hashed (see lookup_one_len()).  Using
- * this after just full_name_hash() is unsafe.
- *
- * This function also doesn't check for search permission on base directory.
- *
- * Use lookup_one_len_unlocked() instead, unless you really know what you are
- * doing.
- *
- * Do not hold i_mutex; this helper takes i_mutex if necessary.
- */
-struct dentry *lookup_hash(const struct qstr *name, struct dentry *base)
-{
-	struct dentry *ret;
-
-	ret = lookup_dcache(name, base, 0);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = lookup_slow(name, base, 0);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash);
-
 /**
  * lookup_one_len - filesystem helper to lookup single pathname component
  * @name:	pathname component to lookup
@@ -2493,6 +2466,7 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *name,
 	struct qstr this;
 	unsigned int c;
 	int err;
+	struct dentry *ret;
 
 	this.name = name;
 	this.len = len;
@@ -2524,7 +2498,10 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *name,
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-	return lookup_hash(&this, base);
+	ret = lookup_dcache(&this, base, 0);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = lookup_slow(&this, base, 0);
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len_unlocked);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index d3d0398f2a1b..f29abda31e6d 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ extern int kern_path_mountpoint(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);
 
 extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
-struct qstr;
-extern struct dentry *lookup_hash(const struct qstr *, struct dentry *);
 
 extern int follow_down_one(struct path *);
 extern int follow_down(struct path *);