diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index f295049db681..1b4861f5d3d8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -1580,10 +1580,15 @@ xfs_inode_free_cowblocks(
 	struct xfs_eofblocks *eofb = args;
 	bool need_iolock = true;
 	int match;
+	struct xfs_ifork	*ifp = XFS_IFORK_PTR(ip, XFS_COW_FORK);
 
 	ASSERT(!eofb || (eofb && eofb->eof_scan_owner != 0));
 
-	if (!xfs_reflink_has_real_cow_blocks(ip)) {
+	/*
+	 * Just clear the tag if we have an empty cow fork or none at all. It's
+	 * possible the inode was fully unshared since it was originally tagged.
+	 */
+	if (!xfs_is_reflink_inode(ip) || !ifp->if_bytes) {
 		trace_xfs_inode_free_cowblocks_invalid(ip);
 		xfs_inode_clear_cowblocks_tag(ip);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
index a279b4e7f5fe..c06904893202 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
@@ -1697,37 +1697,3 @@ xfs_reflink_unshare(
 	trace_xfs_reflink_unshare_error(ip, error, _RET_IP_);
 	return error;
 }
-
-/*
- * Does this inode have any real CoW reservations?
- */
-bool
-xfs_reflink_has_real_cow_blocks(
-	struct xfs_inode		*ip)
-{
-	struct xfs_bmbt_irec		irec;
-	struct xfs_ifork		*ifp;
-	struct xfs_bmbt_rec_host	*gotp;
-	xfs_extnum_t			idx;
-
-	if (!xfs_is_reflink_inode(ip))
-		return false;
-
-	/* Go find the old extent in the CoW fork. */
-	ifp = XFS_IFORK_PTR(ip, XFS_COW_FORK);
-	gotp = xfs_iext_bno_to_ext(ifp, 0, &idx);
-	while (gotp) {
-		xfs_bmbt_get_all(gotp, &irec);
-
-		if (!isnullstartblock(irec.br_startblock))
-			return true;
-
-		/* Roll on... */
-		idx++;
-		if (idx >= ifp->if_bytes / sizeof(xfs_bmbt_rec_t))
-			break;
-		gotp = xfs_iext_get_ext(ifp, idx);
-	}
-
-	return false;
-}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h
index fad11607c9ad..97ea9b487884 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h
@@ -50,6 +50,4 @@ extern int xfs_reflink_clear_inode_flag(struct xfs_inode *ip,
 extern int xfs_reflink_unshare(struct xfs_inode *ip, xfs_off_t offset,
 		xfs_off_t len);
 
-extern bool xfs_reflink_has_real_cow_blocks(struct xfs_inode *ip);
-
 #endif /* __XFS_REFLINK_H */