diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 44437bcdad6b..e7bd791f8d98 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8707df38478c8e0958b706f0ea1cdf99d00a9469
+refs/heads/master: 3961f0e2775f84a8f81b0dcddb0b356ebfe0696b
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h b/trunk/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h
index 3eb40e8d50ff..cd2903af3c30 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h
+++ b/trunk/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h
@@ -105,21 +105,4 @@ static inline __u64 nilfs_mdt_cno(struct inode *inode)
 #define nilfs_mdt_bgl_lock(inode, bg) \
 	(&NILFS_MDT(inode)->mi_bgl->locks[(bg) & (NR_BG_LOCKS-1)].lock)
 
-
-static inline int
-nilfs_mdt_read_inode_direct(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh,
-			    unsigned n)
-{
-	return nilfs_read_inode_common(
-		inode, (struct nilfs_inode *)(bh->b_data + n));
-}
-
-static inline void
-nilfs_mdt_write_inode_direct(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh,
-			     unsigned n)
-{
-	nilfs_write_inode_common(
-		inode, (struct nilfs_inode *)(bh->b_data + n), 1);
-}
-
 #endif /* _NILFS_MDT_H */
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/trunk/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 6eff66a070d5..d21179bd5a41 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -974,12 +974,12 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_fill_in_super_root(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci,
 			      nilfs->ns_nongc_ctime : sci->sc_seg_ctime);
 	raw_sr->sr_flags = 0;
 
-	nilfs_mdt_write_inode_direct(
-		nilfs_dat_inode(nilfs), bh_sr, NILFS_SR_DAT_OFFSET(isz));
-	nilfs_mdt_write_inode_direct(
-		nilfs->ns_cpfile, bh_sr, NILFS_SR_CPFILE_OFFSET(isz));
-	nilfs_mdt_write_inode_direct(
-		nilfs->ns_sufile, bh_sr, NILFS_SR_SUFILE_OFFSET(isz));
+	nilfs_write_inode_common(nilfs_dat_inode(nilfs), (void *)raw_sr +
+				 NILFS_SR_DAT_OFFSET(isz), 1);
+	nilfs_write_inode_common(nilfs->ns_cpfile, (void *)raw_sr +
+				 NILFS_SR_CPFILE_OFFSET(isz), 1);
+	nilfs_write_inode_common(nilfs->ns_sufile, (void *)raw_sr +
+				 NILFS_SR_SUFILE_OFFSET(isz), 1);
 }
 
 static void nilfs_redirty_inodes(struct list_head *head)