diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/endian.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/endian.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2df9082f4e3599c99685a5d36e7d06d35cd40a32..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/endian.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
- * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2005 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
- * License along with this program; if not, write to the
- * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
- */
-
-#ifndef OCFS2_CLUSTER_ENDIAN_H
-#define OCFS2_CLUSTER_ENDIAN_H
-
-static inline void be32_add_cpu(__be32 *var, u32 val)
-{
-	*var = cpu_to_be32(be32_to_cpu(*var) + val);
-}
-
-#endif /* OCFS2_CLUSTER_ENDIAN_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
index af2070da308b87904c468988ba94cae0ee7cf8ae..709fba25bf7e1b4ed4b1f89b12f6fb632450a5b8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/configfs.h>
 
-#include "endian.h"
 #include "tcp.h"
 #include "nodemanager.h"
 #include "heartbeat.h"
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
index 2fd8bded38f31391c5aa80c2ec36c01874bf4572..644bee55d8ba4ccfb5ff29a489e2494274580c2f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "cluster/heartbeat.h"
 #include "cluster/nodemanager.h"
 #include "cluster/tcp.h"
-#include "cluster/endian.h"
 
 #include "dlmapi.h"
 #include "dlmcommon.h"
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/endian.h b/fs/ocfs2/endian.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1942e09f6ee588fc153ce696cb14d76a7a6c39d1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/fs/ocfs2/endian.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
- * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2005 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
- * License along with this program; if not, write to the
- * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
- */
-
-#ifndef OCFS2_ENDIAN_H
-#define OCFS2_ENDIAN_H
-
-static inline void le16_add_cpu(__le16 *var, u16 val)
-{
-	*var = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(*var) + val);
-}
-
-static inline void le32_add_cpu(__le32 *var, u32 val)
-{
-	*var = cpu_to_le32(le32_to_cpu(*var) + val);
-}
-
-static inline void le64_add_cpu(__le64 *var, u64 val)
-{
-	*var = cpu_to_le64(le64_to_cpu(*var) + val);
-}
-
-static inline void be32_add_cpu(__be32 *var, u32 val)
-{
-	*var = cpu_to_be32(be32_to_cpu(*var) + val);
-}
-
-#endif /* OCFS2_ENDIAN_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index e8b7292e01527f72798d2a31a0fe27ef1a8d099d..6546cef212e3d1a14ca1797127d789c4cfc53eec 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "dlm/dlmapi.h"
 
 #include "ocfs2_fs.h"
-#include "endian.h"
 #include "ocfs2_lockid.h"
 
 /* Most user visible OCFS2 inodes will have very few pieces of
diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h b/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
index 3dc715b025002d90935cac7e204e16a197060b63..d3771551fdd9046108596ccc185c431062cb8c01 100644
--- a/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
+++ b/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
@@ -146,6 +146,36 @@
 #define htons(x) ___htons(x)
 #define ntohs(x) ___ntohs(x)
 
+static inline void le16_add_cpu(__le16 *var, u16 val)
+{
+	*var = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(*var) + val);
+}
+
+static inline void le32_add_cpu(__le32 *var, u32 val)
+{
+	*var = cpu_to_le32(le32_to_cpu(*var) + val);
+}
+
+static inline void le64_add_cpu(__le64 *var, u64 val)
+{
+	*var = cpu_to_le64(le64_to_cpu(*var) + val);
+}
+
+static inline void be16_add_cpu(__be16 *var, u16 val)
+{
+	*var = cpu_to_be16(be16_to_cpu(*var) + val);
+}
+
+static inline void be32_add_cpu(__be32 *var, u32 val)
+{
+	*var = cpu_to_be32(be32_to_cpu(*var) + val);
+}
+
+static inline void be64_add_cpu(__be64 *var, u64 val)
+{
+	*var = cpu_to_be64(be64_to_cpu(*var) + val);
+}
+
 #endif /* KERNEL */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_BYTEORDER_GENERIC_H */