diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.h b/fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.h
index e5289d67b6b7..293e49377104 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.h
@@ -193,12 +193,6 @@ int convert_extent_bit(struct extent_io_tree *tree, u64 start, u64 end,
 		       u32 bits, u32 clear_bits,
 		       struct extent_state **cached_state);
 
-static inline int set_extent_new(struct extent_io_tree *tree, u64 start,
-		u64 end)
-{
-	return set_extent_bit(tree, start, end, EXTENT_NEW, NULL, GFP_NOFS);
-}
-
 int find_first_extent_bit(struct extent_io_tree *tree, u64 start,
 			  u64 *start_ret, u64 *end_ret, u32 bits,
 			  struct extent_state **cached_state);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 5de5b577e7fd..5c7c72042193 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -4832,8 +4832,9 @@ btrfs_init_new_buffer(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
 			set_extent_dirty(&root->dirty_log_pages, buf->start,
 					buf->start + buf->len - 1, GFP_NOFS);
 		else
-			set_extent_new(&root->dirty_log_pages, buf->start,
-					buf->start + buf->len - 1);
+			set_extent_bit(&root->dirty_log_pages, buf->start,
+				       buf->start + buf->len - 1,
+				       EXTENT_NEW, NULL, GFP_NOFS);
 	} else {
 		buf->log_index = -1;
 		set_extent_dirty(&trans->transaction->dirty_pages, buf->start,