diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_internal.h
index 90a97866358a..f4c917b0dec2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_internal.h
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@ int __lmv_fid_alloc(struct lmv_obd *lmv, struct lu_fid *fid, u32 mds);
 int lmv_fid_alloc(struct obd_export *exp, struct lu_fid *fid,
 		  struct md_op_data *op_data);
 
-static inline int lmv_get_easize(struct lmv_obd *lmv)
-{
-	return sizeof(struct lmv_stripe_md) +
-		lmv->desc.ld_tgt_count *
-		sizeof(struct lu_fid);
-}
-
 static inline struct lmv_tgt_desc *
 lmv_get_target(struct lmv_obd *lmv, u32 mds)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c
index 1ba59008eabb..0b1260d48aef 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ int lmv_check_connect(struct obd_device *obd)
 	lmv_set_timeouts(obd);
 	class_export_put(lmv->exp);
 	lmv->connected = 1;
-	easize = lmv_get_easize(lmv);
+	easize = lmv_mds_md_size(lmv->desc.ld_tgt_count, LMV_MAGIC);
 	lmv_init_ea_size(obd->obd_self_export, easize, 0, 0, 0);
 	mutex_unlock(&lmv->lmv_init_mutex);
 	return 0;