diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/symlink.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/symlink.c
index ab06891f7fc7..80d48b5ae247 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/symlink.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/symlink.c
@@ -115,27 +115,6 @@ failed:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int ll_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct ptlrpc_request *request;
-	char *symname;
-	int rc;
-
-	CDEBUG(D_VFSTRACE, "VFS Op\n");
-
-	ll_inode_size_lock(inode);
-	rc = ll_readlink_internal(inode, &request, &symname);
-	if (rc)
-		GOTO(out, rc);
-
-	rc = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, symname);
- out:
-	ptlrpc_req_finished(request);
-	ll_inode_size_unlock(inode);
-	return rc;
-}
-
 static void *ll_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
@@ -175,7 +154,7 @@ static void ll_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *cooki
 }
 
 struct inode_operations ll_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= ll_readlink,
+	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.setattr	= ll_setattr,
 	.follow_link	= ll_follow_link,
 	.put_link	= ll_put_link,