diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c b/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c
index a958444a75fc310627d56de6a37e28a15a99273a..02b0b7d0f7d532e0ed0238161118ae627f5d9b7c 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ int reiserfs_proc_info_init(struct super_block *sb)
 	char *s;
 
 	/* Some block devices use /'s */
-	strlcpy(b, reiserfs_bdevname(sb), BDEVNAME_SIZE);
+	strlcpy(b, sb->s_id, BDEVNAME_SIZE);
 	s = strchr(b, '/');
 	if (s)
 		*s = '!';
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ int reiserfs_proc_info_done(struct super_block *sb)
 		char *s;
 
 		/* Some block devices use /'s */
-		strlcpy(b, reiserfs_bdevname(sb), BDEVNAME_SIZE);
+		strlcpy(b, sb->s_id, BDEVNAME_SIZE);
 		s = strchr(b, '/');
 		if (s)
 			*s = '!';
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h b/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
index f8adaee537c2a39283bc8c4c672f0949fd79d0f4..24f068c33b4871f8366b8af899e2f176a24ea928 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
@@ -608,14 +608,6 @@ int reiserfs_resize(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 
 #define SB_DISK_JOURNAL_HEAD(s) (SB_JOURNAL(s)->j_header_bh->)
 
-/* A safe version of the "bdevname", which returns the "s_id" field of
- * a superblock or else "Null superblock" if the super block is NULL.
- */
-static inline char *reiserfs_bdevname(struct super_block *s)
-{
-	return (s == NULL) ? "Null superblock" : s->s_id;
-}
-
 #define reiserfs_is_journal_aborted(journal) (unlikely (__reiserfs_is_journal_aborted (journal)))
 static inline int __reiserfs_is_journal_aborted(struct reiserfs_journal
 						*journal)
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 3ead145dadc406646f742f519befe3ef9a2db6b9..2c803353f8ac4f70099f7cef6a590c46556c21d6 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ static int read_super_block(struct super_block *s, int offset)
 	if (!bh) {
 		reiserfs_warning(s, "sh-2006",
 				 "bread failed (dev %s, block %lu, size %lu)",
-				 reiserfs_bdevname(s), offset / s->s_blocksize,
+				 s->s_id, offset / s->s_blocksize,
 				 s->s_blocksize);
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ static int read_super_block(struct super_block *s, int offset)
 	if (!bh) {
 		reiserfs_warning(s, "sh-2007",
 				 "bread failed (dev %s, block %lu, size %lu)",
-				 reiserfs_bdevname(s), offset / s->s_blocksize,
+				 s->s_id, offset / s->s_blocksize,
 				 s->s_blocksize);
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ static int read_super_block(struct super_block *s, int offset)
 	if (sb_blocksize(rs) != s->s_blocksize) {
 		reiserfs_warning(s, "sh-2011", "can't find a reiserfs "
 				 "filesystem on (dev %s, block %Lu, size %lu)",
-				 reiserfs_bdevname(s),
+				 s->s_id,
 				 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
 				 s->s_blocksize);
 		brelse(bh);
@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ static int reiserfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	/* try new format (64-th 1k block), which can contain reiserfs super block */
 	else if (read_super_block(s, REISERFS_DISK_OFFSET_IN_BYTES)) {
 		SWARN(silent, s, "sh-2021", "can not find reiserfs on %s",
-		      reiserfs_bdevname(s));
+		      s->s_id);
 		goto error_unlocked;
 	}