diff --git a/include/linux/fsverity.h b/include/linux/fsverity.h
index 6de3ddf0b148..a8f9aa75b792 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsverity.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsverity.h
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ int fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata(struct file *filp, const void __user *uarg);
 
 /* verify.c */
 
+void fsverity_readahead(struct fsverity_info *vi, pgoff_t index,
+			unsigned long nr_pages);
 bool fsverity_verify_blocks(struct fsverity_info *vi, struct folio *folio,
 			    size_t len, size_t offset);
 void fsverity_verify_bio(struct fsverity_info *vi, struct bio *bio);
@@ -255,6 +257,11 @@ static inline int fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata(struct file *filp,
 
 /* verify.c */
 
+static inline void fsverity_readahead(struct fsverity_info *vi, pgoff_t index,
+				      unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+}
+
 static inline bool fsverity_verify_blocks(struct fsverity_info *vi,
 					  struct folio *folio, size_t len,
 					  size_t offset)
@@ -303,8 +310,6 @@ static inline int fsverity_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 }
 
 void fsverity_cleanup_inode(struct inode *inode);
-void fsverity_readahead(struct fsverity_info *vi, pgoff_t index,
-			unsigned long nr_pages);
 
 struct page *generic_read_merkle_tree_page(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index);
 void generic_readahead_merkle_tree(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,