diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8c1728c36852..91c4f871fdc4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 852c16dbdcf84d43803a4ccfa647cf2f2952afc9
+refs/heads/master: 1604b1bda3c20534efad534f3fc77470f455d862
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c
index 357f5ddeb8a2..c576e7b1e250 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c
@@ -71,15 +71,6 @@ static inline struct storvsc_device *must_get_stor_device(
 	return stor_device;
 }
 
-static inline void put_stor_device(struct hv_device *device)
-{
-	struct storvsc_device *stor_device;
-
-	stor_device = (struct storvsc_device *)device->ext;
-
-	atomic_dec(&stor_device->ref_count);
-}
-
 /* Drop ref count to 1 to effectively disable get_stor_device() */
 static inline struct storvsc_device *release_stor_device(
 					struct hv_device *device)
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_api.h b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_api.h
index 4e6650712ba1..d46b4de255dc 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_api.h
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_api.h
@@ -152,6 +152,16 @@ static inline struct storvsc_device *get_stor_device(struct hv_device *device)
 	return stor_device;
 }
 
+
+static inline void put_stor_device(struct hv_device *device)
+{
+	struct storvsc_device *stor_device;
+
+	stor_device = (struct storvsc_device *)device->ext;
+
+	atomic_dec(&stor_device->ref_count);
+}
+
 /* Interface */
 int stor_vsc_on_host_reset(struct hv_device *device);