diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 2b222700d9bb..b33aea3638dc 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -821,6 +821,21 @@ void ata_id_c_string(const u16 *id, unsigned char *s,
 	*p = '\0';
 }
 
+static u64 ata_id_n_sectors(const u16 *id)
+{
+	if (ata_id_has_lba(id)) {
+		if (ata_id_has_lba48(id))
+			return ata_id_u64(id, 100);
+		else
+			return ata_id_u32(id, 60);
+	} else {
+		if (ata_id_current_chs_valid(id))
+			return ata_id_u32(id, 57);
+		else
+			return id[1] * id[3] * id[6];
+	}
+}
+
 static u64 ata_tf_to_lba48(struct ata_taskfile *tf)
 {
 	u64 sectors = 0;
@@ -1021,21 +1036,6 @@ static u64 ata_hpa_resize(struct ata_device *dev)
 	return sectors;
 }
 
-static u64 ata_id_n_sectors(const u16 *id)
-{
-	if (ata_id_has_lba(id)) {
-		if (ata_id_has_lba48(id))
-			return ata_id_u64(id, 100);
-		else
-			return ata_id_u32(id, 60);
-	} else {
-		if (ata_id_current_chs_valid(id))
-			return ata_id_u32(id, 57);
-		else
-			return id[1] * id[3] * id[6];
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  *	ata_id_to_dma_mode	-	Identify DMA mode from id block
  *	@dev: device to identify