diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index c55a1faaed58..21a3b38395ff 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2192,7 +2192,6 @@ extern int ext4_calculate_overhead(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
 extern void *ext4_kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
-extern void ext4_kvfree(void *ptr);
 extern int ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(struct super_block *sb,
 				    ext4_group_t ngroup);
 extern const char *ext4_decode_error(struct super_block *sb, int errno,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index dbfe15c2533c..004d0ff8325f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2358,7 +2358,7 @@ int ext4_mb_alloc_groupinfo(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t ngroups)
 	if (sbi->s_group_info) {
 		memcpy(new_groupinfo, sbi->s_group_info,
 		       sbi->s_group_info_size * sizeof(*sbi->s_group_info));
-		ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_group_info);
+		kvfree(sbi->s_group_info);
 	}
 	sbi->s_group_info = new_groupinfo;
 	sbi->s_group_info_size = size / sizeof(*sbi->s_group_info);
@@ -2495,7 +2495,7 @@ err_freebuddy:
 		kfree(sbi->s_group_info[i]);
 	iput(sbi->s_buddy_cache);
 err_freesgi:
-	ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_group_info);
+	kvfree(sbi->s_group_info);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
@@ -2708,7 +2708,7 @@ int ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *sb)
 			EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK_BITS(sb);
 		for (i = 0; i < num_meta_group_infos; i++)
 			kfree(sbi->s_group_info[i]);
-		ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_group_info);
+		kvfree(sbi->s_group_info);
 	}
 	kfree(sbi->s_mb_offsets);
 	kfree(sbi->s_mb_maxs);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index ca4588388fc3..bf76f405a5f9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	n_group_desc[gdb_num] = gdb_bh;
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_group_desc = n_group_desc;
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count++;
-	ext4_kvfree(o_group_desc);
+	kvfree(o_group_desc);
 
 	le16_add_cpu(&es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks, -1);
 	err = ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb);
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	return err;
 
 exit_inode:
-	ext4_kvfree(n_group_desc);
+	kvfree(n_group_desc);
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
 exit_dind:
 	brelse(dind);
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb_meta_bg(struct super_block *sb,
 	n_group_desc[gdb_num] = gdb_bh;
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_group_desc = n_group_desc;
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count++;
-	ext4_kvfree(o_group_desc);
+	kvfree(o_group_desc);
 	BUFFER_TRACE(gdb_bh, "get_write_access");
 	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, gdb_bh);
 	if (unlikely(err))
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 2c9e6864abd9..4b79f39ebf66 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -176,15 +176,6 @@ void *ext4_kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void ext4_kvfree(void *ptr)
-{
-	if (is_vmalloc_addr(ptr))
-		vfree(ptr);
-	else
-		kfree(ptr);
-
-}
-
 ext4_fsblk_t ext4_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 			       struct ext4_group_desc *bg)
 {
@@ -811,8 +802,8 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_gdb_count; i++)
 		brelse(sbi->s_group_desc[i]);
-	ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_group_desc);
-	ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
+	kvfree(sbi->s_group_desc);
+	kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
@@ -1939,7 +1930,7 @@ int ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t ngroup)
 		memcpy(new_groups, sbi->s_flex_groups,
 		       (sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated *
 			sizeof(struct flex_groups)));
-		ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
+		kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
 	}
 	sbi->s_flex_groups = new_groups;
 	sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated = size / sizeof(struct flex_groups);
@@ -4224,7 +4215,7 @@ failed_mount7:
 failed_mount6:
 	ext4_mb_release(sb);
 	if (sbi->s_flex_groups)
-		ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
+		kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
@@ -4253,7 +4244,7 @@ failed_mount3:
 failed_mount2:
 	for (i = 0; i < db_count; i++)
 		brelse(sbi->s_group_desc[i]);
-	ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_group_desc);
+	kvfree(sbi->s_group_desc);
 failed_mount:
 	if (sbi->s_chksum_driver)
 		crypto_free_shash(sbi->s_chksum_driver);