diff --git a/src/metadata/metadata_misc.c b/src/metadata/metadata_misc.c
index 710633a..78bfcfa 100644
--- a/src/metadata/metadata_misc.c
+++ b/src/metadata/metadata_misc.c
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ int ocf_metadata_actor(struct ocf_cache *cache,
 /* the caller must hold the relevant cache block concurrency reader lock
  * and the metadata lock
  */
-void ocf_metadata_sparse_cache_line(struct ocf_cache *cache,
-		uint32_t cache_line)
+void ocf_metadata_remove_cache_line(struct ocf_cache *cache,
+		ocf_cache_line_t cache_line)
 {
 	ocf_part_id_t partition_id =
 			ocf_metadata_get_partition_id(cache, cache_line);
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ void ocf_metadata_sparse_cache_line(struct ocf_cache *cache,
 	ocf_freelist_put_cache_line(cache->freelist, cache_line);
 }
 
-static void _ocf_metadata_sparse_cache_line(struct ocf_cache *cache,
-		uint32_t cache_line)
+void ocf_metadata_sparse_cache_line(struct ocf_cache *cache,
+		ocf_cache_line_t cache_line)
 {
 	ocf_metadata_start_collision_shared_access(cache, cache_line);
 
@@ -127,5 +127,5 @@ int ocf_metadata_sparse_range(struct ocf_cache *cache, int core_id,
 			  uint64_t start_byte, uint64_t end_byte)
 {
 	return ocf_metadata_actor(cache, PARTITION_INVALID, core_id,
-		start_byte, end_byte, _ocf_metadata_sparse_cache_line);
+		start_byte, end_byte, ocf_metadata_sparse_cache_line);
 }
diff --git a/src/metadata/metadata_misc.h b/src/metadata/metadata_misc.h
index f3cca12..5a60177 100644
--- a/src/metadata/metadata_misc.h
+++ b/src/metadata/metadata_misc.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ static inline ocf_cache_line_t ocf_metadata_hash_func(ocf_cache_t cache,
 			% entries);
 }
 
+void ocf_metadata_remove_cache_line(struct ocf_cache *cache,
+		ocf_cache_line_t cache_line);
+
 void ocf_metadata_sparse_cache_line(struct ocf_cache *cache,
 		ocf_cache_line_t cache_line);
 
diff --git a/src/utils/utils_cache_line.c b/src/utils/utils_cache_line.c
index 342500a..f489165 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils_cache_line.c
+++ b/src/utils/utils_cache_line.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static void __set_cache_line_invalid(struct ocf_cache *cache, uint8_t start_bit,
 	 */
 	if (!is_valid && !ocf_cache_line_are_waiters(cache, line)) {
 		ocf_purge_eviction_policy(cache, line);
-		ocf_metadata_sparse_cache_line(cache, line);
+		ocf_metadata_remove_cache_line(cache, line);
 	}
 }