diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 5e6d358..0a10a59 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 #endif
 	sb->s_blocksize = CIFS_MAX_MSGSIZE;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = 14;	/* default 2**14 = CIFS_MAX_MSGSIZE */
-	inode = cifs_iget(sb, ROOT_I);
+	inode = cifs_root_iget(sb, ROOT_I);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(inode);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 051b71c..3b6a85c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 /* Functions related to inodes */
 extern const struct inode_operations cifs_dir_inode_ops;
-extern struct inode *cifs_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
+extern struct inode *cifs_root_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern int cifs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int,
 		       struct nameidata *);
 extern struct dentry *cifs_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 42d6e0f..84b7bea 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@
 }
 
 /* gets root inode */
-struct inode *cifs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
+struct inode *cifs_root_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 {
 	int xid;
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;