diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index c4342a019972..2544aae6f583 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@
 DECLARE_RWSEM(sysfs_rename_sem);
 spinlock_t sysfs_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 
+void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
+{
+	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK) {
+		struct sysfs_symlink * sl = sd->s_element;
+		kfree(sl->link_name);
+		kobject_put(sl->target_kobj);
+		kfree(sl);
+	}
+	kfree(sd->s_iattr);
+	kmem_cache_free(sysfs_dir_cachep, sd);
+}
+
 static void sysfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry, struct inode * inode)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 502c949c402d..687d959f606d 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ extern void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
 extern struct inode * sysfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct sysfs_dirent *);
 extern int sysfs_create(struct dentry *, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *));
 
+extern void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd);
 extern int sysfs_dirent_exist(struct sysfs_dirent *, const unsigned char *);
 extern int sysfs_make_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *, struct dentry *, void *,
 				umode_t, int);
@@ -99,18 +100,6 @@ static inline struct kobject *sysfs_get_kobject(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return kobj;
 }
 
-static inline void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
-{
-	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK) {
-		struct sysfs_symlink * sl = sd->s_element;
-		kfree(sl->link_name);
-		kobject_put(sl->target_kobj);
-		kfree(sl);
-	}
-	kfree(sd->s_iattr);
-	kmem_cache_free(sysfs_dir_cachep, sd);
-}
-
 static inline struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
 	if (sd) {