diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 1f559f0608e1..8773ecaa44b5 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,18 @@ const struct file_operations pipefifo_fops = {
 	.fasync		= pipe_fasync,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Currently we rely on the pipe array holding a power-of-2 number
+ * of pages.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int round_pipe_size(unsigned int size)
+{
+	unsigned long nr_pages;
+
+	nr_pages = (size + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	return roundup_pow_of_two(nr_pages) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+}
+
 /*
  * Allocate a new array of pipe buffers and copy the info over. Returns the
  * pipe size if successful, or return -ERROR on error.
@@ -1058,18 +1070,6 @@ static long pipe_set_size(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned long nr_pages)
 	return nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
 }
 
-/*
- * Currently we rely on the pipe array holding a power-of-2 number
- * of pages.
- */
-static inline unsigned int round_pipe_size(unsigned int size)
-{
-	unsigned long nr_pages;
-
-	nr_pages = (size + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	return roundup_pow_of_two(nr_pages) << PAGE_SHIFT;
-}
-
 /*
  * This should work even if CONFIG_PROC_FS isn't set, as proc_dointvec_minmax
  * will return an error.