diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 9196f2a..68dc05c 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 
 static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list);
 static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
-			 unsigned long bio_flags,
 			 struct writeback_control *wbc);
 
 #define BH_ENTRY(list) list_entry((list), struct buffer_head, b_assoc_buffers)
@@ -1830,7 +1829,7 @@ int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 	do {
 		struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
 		if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
-			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh, 0, wbc);
+			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh, wbc);
 			nr_underway++;
 		}
 		bh = next;
@@ -1884,7 +1883,7 @@ int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 		struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
 		if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
 			clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
-			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh, 0, wbc);
+			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh, wbc);
 			nr_underway++;
 		}
 		bh = next;
@@ -3095,7 +3094,7 @@ void guard_bio_eod(int op, struct bio *bio)
 }
 
 static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
-			 unsigned long bio_flags, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+			 struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct bio *bio;
 
@@ -3130,7 +3129,6 @@ static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
 
 	bio->bi_end_io = end_bio_bh_io_sync;
 	bio->bi_private = bh;
-	bio->bi_flags |= bio_flags;
 
 	/* Take care of bh's that straddle the end of the device */
 	guard_bio_eod(op, bio);
@@ -3145,16 +3143,9 @@ static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int _submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
-	       unsigned long bio_flags)
+int submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	return submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, bio_flags, NULL);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_submit_bh);
-
-int submit_bh(int op, int op_flags,  struct buffer_head *bh)
-{
-	return submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, 0, NULL);
+	return submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index 79591c3..bd029e52 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ void ll_rw_block(int, int, int, struct buffer_head * bh[]);
 int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh);
 int __sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags);
 void write_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags);
-int _submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
-	       unsigned long bio_flags);
 int submit_bh(int, int, struct buffer_head *);
 void write_boundary_block(struct block_device *bdev,
 			sector_t bblock, unsigned blocksize);