diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.h b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.h
index 93508112486a7b80e7fc31e8e41e9db3993973cc..2e3c606625efbb6eb24512d4c614b7c579942f77 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.h
@@ -180,24 +180,6 @@ ff_layout_no_read_on_rw(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 	return FF_LAYOUT_LSEG(lseg)->flags & FF_FLAGS_NO_READ_IO;
 }
 
-static inline bool
-ff_layout_test_devid_unavailable(struct nfs4_deviceid_node *node)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Flexfiles should never mark a DS unavailable, but if it does
-	 * print a (ratelimited) warning as this can affect performance.
-	 */
-	if (nfs4_test_deviceid_unavailable(node)) {
-		u32 *p = (u32 *)node->deviceid.data;
-
-		pr_warn_ratelimited("NFS: flexfiles layout referencing an "
-				"unavailable device [%x%x%x%x]\n",
-				p[0], p[1], p[2], p[3]);
-		return true;
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-
 static inline int
 nfs4_ff_layout_ds_version(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 ds_idx)
 {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
index 92efb5692eb3add5e72649262c58f4959e1457a3..7fd92226e4b9dbbd79b5d578771faf3edadaf6e4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ nfs4_ff_alloc_deviceid_node(struct nfs_server *server, struct pnfs_device *pdev,
 static void ff_layout_mark_devid_invalid(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg,
 		struct nfs4_deviceid_node *devid)
 {
-	nfs4_delete_deviceid(devid->ld, devid->nfs_client, &devid->deviceid);
+	nfs4_mark_deviceid_unavailable(devid);
 	if (!ff_layout_has_available_ds(lseg))
 		pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(lseg->pls_layout->plh_inode,
 				lseg);
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ static bool ff_read_layout_has_available_ds(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 			if (IS_ERR(mirror->mirror_ds))
 				continue;
 			devid = &mirror->mirror_ds->id_node;
-			if (!ff_layout_test_devid_unavailable(devid))
+			if (!nfs4_test_deviceid_unavailable(devid))
 				return true;
 		}
 	}
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static bool ff_rw_layout_has_available_ds(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 		if (!mirror->mirror_ds)
 			continue;
 		devid = &mirror->mirror_ds->id_node;
-		if (ff_layout_test_devid_unavailable(devid))
+		if (nfs4_test_deviceid_unavailable(devid))
 			return false;
 	}