diff --git a/fs/xfs/Makefile b/fs/xfs/Makefile
index b74a471692970b825706fd96843c402597d509fc..06b68b6115bcd8f070e33e3fd191e84e43846356 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/xfs/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ xfs-y				+= $(addprefix libxfs/, \
 				   xfs_refcount_btree.o \
 				   xfs_sb.o \
 				   xfs_symlink_remote.o \
+				   xfs_trans_inode.o \
 				   xfs_trans_resv.o \
 				   xfs_types.o \
 				   )
@@ -107,8 +108,7 @@ xfs-y				+= xfs_log.o \
 				   xfs_rmap_item.o \
 				   xfs_log_recover.o \
 				   xfs_trans_ail.o \
-				   xfs_trans_buf.o \
-				   xfs_trans_inode.o
+				   xfs_trans_buf.o
 
 # optional features
 xfs-$(CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA)		+= xfs_dquot.o \
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
similarity index 100%
rename from fs/xfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
rename to fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c