diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index 556d774f9aa9..7353c0a01a1e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -931,6 +931,22 @@ out_uninit:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static ssize_t gfs2_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				      struct file *out, loff_t *ppos,
+				      size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	int error;
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(out->f_mapping->host);
+
+	error = gfs2_rs_alloc(ip);
+	if (error)
+		return (ssize_t)error;
+
+	gfs2_size_hint(out, *ppos, len);
+
+	return iter_file_splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM
 
 /**
@@ -1063,22 +1079,6 @@ static int gfs2_flock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 	}
 }
 
-static ssize_t gfs2_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-				      struct file *out, loff_t *ppos,
-				      size_t len, unsigned int flags)
-{
-	int error;
-	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(out->f_mapping->host);
-
-	error = gfs2_rs_alloc(ip);
-	if (error)
-		return (ssize_t)error;
-
-	gfs2_size_hint(out, *ppos, len);
-
-	return iter_file_splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
-}
-
 const struct file_operations gfs2_file_fops = {
 	.llseek		= gfs2_llseek,
 	.read		= new_sync_read,