diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
index 3b675368762e..87612819c13b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
@@ -690,7 +690,12 @@ void dlm_lockres_calc_usage(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 			    struct dlm_lock_resource *res);
 void dlm_purge_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 		       struct dlm_lock_resource *lockres);
-void dlm_lockres_get(struct dlm_lock_resource *res);
+static inline void dlm_lockres_get(struct dlm_lock_resource *res)
+{
+	/* This is called on every lookup, so it might be worth
+	 * inlining. */
+	kref_get(&res->refs);
+}
 void dlm_lockres_put(struct dlm_lock_resource *res);
 void __dlm_unhash_lockres(struct dlm_lock_resource *res);
 void __dlm_insert_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 953aa8421be4..f1fbf2f4e5d6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -579,11 +579,6 @@ static void dlm_lockres_release(struct kref *kref)
 	kfree(res);
 }
 
-void dlm_lockres_get(struct dlm_lock_resource *res)
-{
-	kref_get(&res->refs);
-}
-
 void dlm_lockres_put(struct dlm_lock_resource *res)
 {
 	kref_put(&res->refs, dlm_lockres_release);