diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index da693e6a834e5..ad167050a4ec4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -572,9 +572,9 @@ static int lo_rw_aio(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_cmd *cmd,
 		kthread_associate_blkcg(cmd->css);
 
 	if (rw == WRITE)
-		ret = call_write_iter(file, &cmd->iocb, &iter);
+		ret = file->f_op->write_iter(&cmd->iocb, &iter);
 	else
-		ret = call_read_iter(file, &cmd->iocb, &iter);
+		ret = file->f_op->read_iter(&cmd->iocb, &iter);
 
 	lo_rw_aio_do_completion(cmd);
 	kthread_associate_blkcg(NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
index 7143d03f0e027..79f0707877917 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
@@ -303,9 +303,9 @@ fd_execute_rw_aio(struct se_cmd *cmd, struct scatterlist *sgl, u32 sgl_nents,
 		aio_cmd->iocb.ki_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
 
 	if (is_write)
-		ret = call_write_iter(file, &aio_cmd->iocb, &iter);
+		ret = file->f_op->write_iter(&aio_cmd->iocb, &iter);
 	else
-		ret = call_read_iter(file, &aio_cmd->iocb, &iter);
+		ret = file->f_op->read_iter(&aio_cmd->iocb, &iter);
 
 	kfree(bvec);
 
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 5f3d3d8149287..1ccc0efdc357d 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ static int aio_read(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 		return ret;
 	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, file, &req->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(&iter));
 	if (!ret)
-		aio_rw_done(req, call_read_iter(file, req, &iter));
+		aio_rw_done(req, file->f_op->read_iter(req, &iter));
 	kfree(iovec);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ static int aio_write(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 			__sb_writers_release(file_inode(file)->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
 		}
 		req->ki_flags |= IOCB_WRITE;
-		aio_rw_done(req, call_write_iter(file, req, &iter));
+		aio_rw_done(req, file->f_op->write_iter(req, &iter));
 	}
 	kfree(iovec);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 0b91b06311735..ecad3dba1b23f 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ static int io_read(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock)
 		ssize_t ret2;
 
 		if (req->file->f_op->read_iter)
-			ret2 = call_read_iter(req->file, kiocb, &iter);
+			ret2 = req->file->f_op->read_iter(kiocb, &iter);
 		else
 			ret2 = loop_rw_iter(READ, req->file, kiocb, &iter);
 
@@ -2705,7 +2705,7 @@ static int io_write(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock)
 			current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur = req->fsize;
 
 		if (req->file->f_op->write_iter)
-			ret2 = call_write_iter(req->file, kiocb, &iter);
+			ret2 = req->file->f_op->write_iter(kiocb, &iter);
 		else
 			ret2 = loop_rw_iter(WRITE, req->file, kiocb, &iter);
 
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index d5c754080e5a5..d91fe7ff6cc55 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static ssize_t new_sync_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, lo
 	kiocb.ki_pos = (ppos ? *ppos : 0);
 	iov_iter_init(&iter, READ, &iov, 1, len);
 
-	ret = call_read_iter(filp, &kiocb, &iter);
+	ret = filp->f_op->read_iter(&kiocb, &iter);
 	BUG_ON(ret == -EIOCBQUEUED);
 	if (ppos)
 		*ppos = kiocb.ki_pos;
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ static ssize_t new_sync_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t
 	kiocb.ki_pos = (ppos ? *ppos : 0);
 	iov_iter_init(&iter, WRITE, &iov, 1, len);
 
-	ret = call_write_iter(filp, &kiocb, &iter);
+	ret = filp->f_op->write_iter(&kiocb, &iter);
 	BUG_ON(ret == -EIOCBQUEUED);
 	if (ret > 0 && ppos)
 		*ppos = kiocb.ki_pos;
@@ -693,9 +693,9 @@ static ssize_t do_iter_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	kiocb.ki_pos = (ppos ? *ppos : 0);
 
 	if (type == READ)
-		ret = call_read_iter(filp, &kiocb, iter);
+		ret = filp->f_op->read_iter(&kiocb, iter);
 	else
-		ret = call_write_iter(filp, &kiocb, iter);
+		ret = filp->f_op->write_iter(&kiocb, iter);
 	BUG_ON(ret == -EIOCBQUEUED);
 	if (ppos)
 		*ppos = kiocb.ki_pos;
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_iocb_iter_read(struct file *file, struct kiocb *iocb,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = call_read_iter(file, iocb, iter);
+	ret = file->f_op->read_iter(iocb, iter);
 out:
 	if (ret >= 0)
 		fsnotify_access(file);
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_iocb_iter_write(struct file *file, struct kiocb *iocb,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = call_write_iter(file, iocb, iter);
+	ret = file->f_op->write_iter(iocb, iter);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		fsnotify_modify(file);
 
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 4735defc46ee6..05f52b02320b4 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 	i_head = to.head;
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, in);
 	kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
-	ret = call_read_iter(in, &kiocb, &to);
+	ret = in->f_op->read_iter(&kiocb, &to);
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		*ppos = kiocb.ki_pos;
 		file_accessed(in);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 45cc10cdf6ddd..21f126957c2cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1895,18 +1895,6 @@ struct inode_operations {
 	int (*set_acl)(struct inode *, struct posix_acl *, int);
 } ____cacheline_aligned;
 
-static inline ssize_t call_read_iter(struct file *file, struct kiocb *kio,
-				     struct iov_iter *iter)
-{
-	return file->f_op->read_iter(kio, iter);
-}
-
-static inline ssize_t call_write_iter(struct file *file, struct kiocb *kio,
-				      struct iov_iter *iter)
-{
-	return file->f_op->write_iter(kio, iter);
-}
-
 static inline int call_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	return file->f_op->mmap(file, vma);
