diff --git a/fs/afs/dir_edit.c b/fs/afs/dir_edit.c
index f4600c1353adf..540b9fc96824a 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir_edit.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir_edit.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ void afs_edit_dir_add(struct afs_vnode *vnode,
 		if (b == nr_blocks) {
 			_debug("init %u", b);
 			afs_edit_init_block(meta, block, b);
-			i_size_write(&vnode->vfs_inode, (b + 1) * AFS_DIR_BLOCK_SIZE);
+			afs_set_i_size(vnode, (b + 1) * AFS_DIR_BLOCK_SIZE);
 		}
 
 		/* Only lower dir pages have a counter in the header. */
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ void afs_edit_dir_add(struct afs_vnode *vnode,
 new_directory:
 	afs_edit_init_block(meta, meta, 0);
 	i_size = AFS_DIR_BLOCK_SIZE;
-	i_size_write(&vnode->vfs_inode, i_size);
+	afs_set_i_size(vnode, i_size);
 	slot = AFS_DIR_RESV_BLOCKS0;
 	page = page0;
 	block = meta;
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index 80b6c8d967d5c..c18cbc69fa582 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -53,16 +53,6 @@ static noinline void dump_vnode(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct afs_vnode *paren
 		dump_stack();
 }
 
-/*
- * Set the file size and block count.  Estimate the number of 512 bytes blocks
- * used, rounded up to nearest 1K for consistency with other AFS clients.
- */
-static void afs_set_i_size(struct afs_vnode *vnode, u64 size)
-{
-	i_size_write(&vnode->vfs_inode, size);
-	vnode->vfs_inode.i_blocks = ((size + 1023) >> 10) << 1;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialise an inode from the vnode status.
  */
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 928408888054a..345494881f655 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -1586,6 +1586,16 @@ static inline void afs_update_dentry_version(struct afs_operation *op,
 			(void *)(unsigned long)dir_vp->scb.status.data_version;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Set the file size and block count.  Estimate the number of 512 bytes blocks
+ * used, rounded up to nearest 1K for consistency with other AFS clients.
+ */
+static inline void afs_set_i_size(struct afs_vnode *vnode, u64 size)
+{
+	i_size_write(&vnode->vfs_inode, size);
+	vnode->vfs_inode.i_blocks = ((size + 1023) >> 10) << 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Check for a conflicting operation on a directory that we just unlinked from.
  * If someone managed to sneak a link or an unlink in on the file we just
diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index 66b2352668931..e86f5a245514d 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ int afs_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		write_seqlock(&vnode->cb_lock);
 		i_size = i_size_read(&vnode->vfs_inode);
 		if (maybe_i_size > i_size)
-			i_size_write(&vnode->vfs_inode, maybe_i_size);
+			afs_set_i_size(vnode, maybe_i_size);
 		write_sequnlock(&vnode->cb_lock);
 	}