diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 4cdda1a3e12c..513aaf0dc0ab 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ struct gfs2_inode {
 	struct gfs2_alloc *i_alloc;
 	u64 i_last_rg_alloc;
 
-	spinlock_t i_spin;
 	struct rw_semaphore i_rw_mutex;
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/main.c b/fs/gfs2/main.c
index 88686fcdfb1b..9c7765c12d62 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/main.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/main.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ static void gfs2_init_inode_once(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *foo)
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = foo;
 
 	inode_init_once(&ip->i_inode);
-	spin_lock_init(&ip->i_spin);
 	init_rwsem(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
 	ip->i_alloc = NULL;
 }