diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c
index 38b6aa849c63..5ff001140ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/fs_context.h>
 #include "mtdcore.h"
 
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index ab4f3362466d..373dbb627657 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2001-2015 Anton Altaparmakov and Tuxera Inc.
  */
 
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/file.c b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
index 43b1451bff53..a3cd3c3f091e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/inode.c b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
index c1bb4c4b5d67..e5e3e500ed46 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *  Linux VFS inode operations.
  */
 
-#include <linux/bvec.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/fileattr.h>
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "orangefs-kernel.h"
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 843bf4be675f..4ac7ce096013 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev-defs.h>
@@ -134,20 +133,7 @@ static inline bool writeback_in_progress(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 	return test_bit(WB_writeback_running, &wb->state);
 }
 
-static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct super_block *sb;
-
-	if (!inode)
-		return &noop_backing_dev_info;
-
-	sb = inode->i_sb;
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-	if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb))
-		return I_BDEV(inode)->bd_disk->bdi;
-#endif
-	return sb->s_bdi;
-}
+struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode);
 
 static inline int wb_congested(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int cong_bits)
 {
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 5245744437dc..c878d995af06 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -978,6 +978,22 @@ void bdi_put(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_put);
 
+struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb;
+
+	if (!inode)
+		return &noop_backing_dev_info;
+
+	sb = inode->i_sb;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+	if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb))
+		return I_BDEV(inode)->bd_disk->bdi;
+#endif
+	return sb->s_bdi;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_to_bdi);
+
 const char *bdi_dev_name(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
 	if (!bdi || !bdi->dev)