diff --git a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
index 3395cf7130f5..b22fb0d3db0f 100644
--- a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ static inline int blk_cmd_buf_len(struct request *rq)
 
 extern void blk_dump_cmd(char *buf, struct request *rq);
 extern void blk_fill_rwbs(char *rwbs, u32 rw, int bytes);
-extern void blk_fill_rwbs_rq(char *rwbs, struct request *rq);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING && CONFIG_BLOCK */
 
diff --git a/include/trace/events/block.h b/include/trace/events/block.h
index aba421d68f6f..78f18adb49c8 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/block.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/block.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(block_rq_with_error,
 					0 : blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 		__entry->errors    = rq->errors;
 
-		blk_fill_rwbs_rq(__entry->rwbs, rq);
+		blk_fill_rwbs(__entry->rwbs, rq->cmd_flags, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 		blk_dump_cmd(__get_str(cmd), rq);
 	),
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(block_rq,
 		__entry->bytes     = (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC) ?
 					blk_rq_bytes(rq) : 0;
 
-		blk_fill_rwbs_rq(__entry->rwbs, rq);
+		blk_fill_rwbs(__entry->rwbs, rq->cmd_flags, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 		blk_dump_cmd(__get_str(cmd), rq);
 		memcpy(__entry->comm, current->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
 	),
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(block_rq_remap,
 		__entry->nr_sector	= blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 		__entry->old_dev	= dev;
 		__entry->old_sector	= from;
-		blk_fill_rwbs_rq(__entry->rwbs, rq);
+		blk_fill_rwbs(__entry->rwbs, rq->cmd_flags, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 	),
 
 	TP_printk("%d,%d %s %llu + %u <- (%d,%d) %llu",
diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index d95721f33702..cbafed7d4f38 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -1827,21 +1827,5 @@ void blk_fill_rwbs(char *rwbs, u32 rw, int bytes)
 	rwbs[i] = '\0';
 }
 
-void blk_fill_rwbs_rq(char *rwbs, struct request *rq)
-{
-	int rw = rq->cmd_flags & 0x03;
-	int bytes;
-
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)
-		rw |= REQ_DISCARD;
-
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_SECURE)
-		rw |= REQ_SECURE;
-
-	bytes = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
-
-	blk_fill_rwbs(rwbs, rw, bytes);
-}
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING */