diff --git a/lib/bdev/bdev.c b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
index 4f138d4c0..deb4fa8ef 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/bdev.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
@@ -1018,16 +1018,16 @@ bdev_io_needs_sequence_exec(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_bdev_io *bd
 }
 
 static inline void
-_bdev_io_increment_outstanding(struct spdk_bdev_channel *bdev_ch,
-			       struct spdk_bdev_shared_resource *shared_resource)
+bdev_io_increment_outstanding(struct spdk_bdev_channel *bdev_ch,
+			      struct spdk_bdev_shared_resource *shared_resource)
 {
 	bdev_ch->io_outstanding++;
 	shared_resource->io_outstanding++;
 }
 
 static inline void
-_bdev_io_decrement_outstanding(struct spdk_bdev_channel *bdev_ch,
-			       struct spdk_bdev_shared_resource *shared_resource)
+bdev_io_decrement_outstanding(struct spdk_bdev_channel *bdev_ch,
+			      struct spdk_bdev_shared_resource *shared_resource)
 {
 	assert(bdev_ch->io_outstanding > 0);
 	assert(shared_resource->io_outstanding > 0);
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ bdev_ch_resubmit_io(struct spdk_bdev_channel *bdev_ch, struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev
 {
 	struct spdk_bdev *bdev = bdev_ch->bdev;
 
-	_bdev_io_increment_outstanding(bdev_io->internal.ch, bdev_ch->shared_resource);
+	bdev_io_increment_outstanding(bdev_io->internal.ch, bdev_ch->shared_resource);
 	bdev_io->internal.error.nvme.cdw0 = 0;
 	bdev_io->num_retries++;
 	bdev_submit_request(bdev, spdk_bdev_io_get_io_channel(bdev_io), bdev_io);
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ _bdev_io_complete_push_bounce_done(void *ctx, int rc)
 	bdev_io_put_buf(bdev_io);
 
 	/* Continue with IO completion flow */
-	_bdev_io_decrement_outstanding(bdev_ch, shared_resource);
+	bdev_io_decrement_outstanding(bdev_ch, shared_resource);
 	if (spdk_unlikely(_bdev_io_handle_no_mem(bdev_io, BDEV_IO_RETRY_STATE_INVALID))) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -6991,7 +6991,7 @@ bdev_io_complete_sequence_cb(void *ctx, int status)
 		bdev_io->internal.status = SPDK_BDEV_IO_STATUS_FAILED;
 	}
 
-	_bdev_io_decrement_outstanding(bdev_ch, shared_resource);
+	bdev_io_decrement_outstanding(bdev_ch, shared_resource);
 	if (spdk_unlikely(_bdev_io_handle_no_mem(bdev_io, BDEV_IO_RETRY_STATE_INVALID))) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -7045,7 +7045,7 @@ spdk_bdev_io_complete(struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io, enum spdk_bdev_io_status sta
 			}
 		}
 
-		_bdev_io_decrement_outstanding(bdev_ch, shared_resource);
+		bdev_io_decrement_outstanding(bdev_ch, shared_resource);
 		if (spdk_unlikely(_bdev_io_handle_no_mem(bdev_io, BDEV_IO_RETRY_STATE_SUBMIT))) {
 			return;
 		}