diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst
index e7776be3332a53..9baa455113afe0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst
@@ -605,4 +605,4 @@ API Function Reference
 
 .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/netfs.h
 .. kernel-doc:: fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
-.. kernel-doc:: fs/netfs/read_helper.c
+.. kernel-doc:: fs/netfs/io.c
diff --git a/fs/netfs/Makefile b/fs/netfs/Makefile
index 029657b6db63e5..f684c0cd1ec5e6 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/netfs/Makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 netfs-y := \
 	buffered_read.o \
+	io.o \
 	main.o \
-	objects.o \
-	read_helper.o
+	objects.o
 
 netfs-$(CONFIG_NETFS_STATS) += stats.o
 
diff --git a/fs/netfs/internal.h b/fs/netfs/internal.h
index f9dd64521fe66a..e2c80b10bf4d08 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/netfs/internal.h
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
  */
 void netfs_rreq_unlock_folios(struct netfs_io_request *rreq);
 
+/*
+ * io.c
+ */
+int netfs_begin_read(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, bool sync);
+
 /*
  * main.c
  */
@@ -44,11 +49,6 @@ static inline void netfs_see_request(struct netfs_io_request *rreq,
 	trace_netfs_rreq_ref(rreq->debug_id, refcount_read(&rreq->ref), what);
 }
 
-/*
- * read_helper.c
- */
-int netfs_begin_read(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, bool sync);
-
 /*
  * stats.c
  */
diff --git a/fs/netfs/read_helper.c b/fs/netfs/io.c
similarity index 100%
rename from fs/netfs/read_helper.c
rename to fs/netfs/io.c