diff --git a/newbrt/brt-internal.h b/newbrt/brt-internal.h
index 62ed3056cad..14a9f622dd3 100644
--- a/newbrt/brt-internal.h
+++ b/newbrt/brt-internal.h
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ int toku_serialize_brt_header_to_wbuf (struct wbuf *, struct brt_header *h);
 int toku_deserialize_brtheader_from (int fd, BLOCKNUM off, u_int32_t fullhash, struct brt_header **brth);
 
 int toku_serialize_fifo_at (int fd, off_t freeoff, FIFO fifo); // Write a fifo into a disk, without worrying about fitting it into a block.  This write is done at the end of the file.
-int toku_deserialize_fifo_at (int fd, off_t at, FIFO *fifo);
 
 void toku_brtnode_free (BRTNODE *node);
 
diff --git a/newbrt/brt-serialize.c b/newbrt/brt-serialize.c
index 9057eccab9b..38d18d904a0 100644
--- a/newbrt/brt-serialize.c
+++ b/newbrt/brt-serialize.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ static const int brtnode_header_overhead = (8+   // magic "tokunode" or "tokulea
 					    4+   // localfingerprint
 					    4);  // crc32 at the end
 
+static int deserialize_fifo_at (int fd, off_t at, FIFO *fifo);
+
 int addupsize (OMTVALUE lev, u_int32_t UU(idx), void *vp) {
     LEAFENTRY le=lev;
     unsigned int *ip=vp;
@@ -606,7 +608,7 @@ int toku_serialize_brt_header_to (int fd, struct brt_header *h) {
     return r;
 }
 
-int deserialize_brtheader_7_or_later(u_int32_t size, int fd, DISKOFF off, struct brt_header **brth, u_int32_t fullhash) {
+int deserialize_brtheader (u_int32_t size, int fd, DISKOFF off, struct brt_header **brth, u_int32_t fullhash) {
     // We already know the first 8 bytes are "tokudata", and we read in the size.
     struct brt_header *MALLOC(h);
     if (h==0) return errno;
@@ -660,6 +662,10 @@ int deserialize_brtheader_7_or_later(u_int32_t size, int fd, DISKOFF off, struct
     }
     if (rc.ndone!=rc.size) {ret = EINVAL; goto died5;}
     toku_free(rc.buf);
+    {
+	int r;
+	if ((r = deserialize_fifo_at(fd, h->unused_blocks.b*h->nodesize, &h->fifo))) return r;
+    }
     *brth = h;
     return 0;
 }
@@ -677,7 +683,7 @@ int toku_deserialize_brtheader_from (int fd, BLOCKNUM blocknum, u_int32_t fullha
     if (r!=12) return EINVAL;
     assert(memcmp(magic,"tokudata",8)==0);
     // It's version 7 or later, and the magi clooks OK
-    return deserialize_brtheader_7_or_later(ntohl(*(int*)(&magic[8])), fd, offset, brth, fullhash);
+    return deserialize_brtheader(ntohl(*(int*)(&magic[8])), fd, offset, brth, fullhash);
 }
 
 unsigned int toku_brt_pivot_key_len (BRT brt, struct kv_pair *pk) {
@@ -773,7 +779,7 @@ int read_nbytes (int fd, off_t *at, char **data, u_int32_t len) {
     return 0;
 }
 
-int toku_deserialize_fifo_at (int fd, off_t at, FIFO *fifo) {
+static int deserialize_fifo_at (int fd, off_t at, FIFO *fifo) {
     FIFO result;
     int r = toku_fifo_create(&result);
     if (r) return r;
diff --git a/newbrt/brt.c b/newbrt/brt.c
index 53f579aff36..aa71a811ba7 100644
--- a/newbrt/brt.c
+++ b/newbrt/brt.c
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ int toku_brtheader_fetch_callback (CACHEFILE cachefile, BLOCKNUM nodename, u_int
     struct brt_header **h = (struct brt_header **)headerp_v;
     assert(nodename.b==0);
     if ((r = toku_deserialize_brtheader_from(toku_cachefile_fd(cachefile), nodename, fullhash, h))) return r;
-    if ((r = toku_deserialize_fifo_at(toku_cachefile_fd(cachefile), (*h)->unused_blocks.b*(*h)->nodesize, &(*h)->fifo))) return r;
     //printf("%s:%d fifo=%p\nn", __FILE__, __LINE__, (*h)->fifo);
     written_lsn->lsn = 0; // !!! WRONG.  This should be stored or kept redundantly or something.
     assert((*h)->free_blocks.b==-1);
diff --git a/newbrt/brtdump.c b/newbrt/brtdump.c
index 368bbba5cf9..7228957a590 100644
--- a/newbrt/brtdump.c
+++ b/newbrt/brtdump.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ void dump_header (int f, struct brt_header **header) {
     }
     *header = h;
     printf("Fifo:\n");
-    r = toku_deserialize_fifo_at(f, h->unused_blocks.b*h->nodesize, &h->fifo);
     printf(" fifo has %d entries\n", toku_fifo_n_entries(h->fifo));
     if (dump_data) {
 	FIFO_ITERATE(h->fifo, key, keylen, data, datalen, type, xid,