diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 522cfaa70258..302273f8e2a9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -387,8 +387,6 @@ _xfs_buf_lookup_pages(
 		if (unlikely(page == NULL)) {
 			if (flags & XBF_READ_AHEAD) {
 				bp->b_page_count = i;
-				for (i = 0; i < bp->b_page_count; i++)
-					unlock_page(bp->b_pages[i]);
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
 
@@ -418,24 +416,17 @@ _xfs_buf_lookup_pages(
 		ASSERT(!PagePrivate(page));
 		if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
 			page_count--;
-			if (blocksize >= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
-				if (flags & XBF_READ)
-					bp->b_locked = 1;
-			} else if (!PagePrivate(page)) {
+			if (blocksize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE && !PagePrivate(page)) {
 				if (test_page_region(page, offset, nbytes))
 					page_count++;
 			}
 		}
 
+		unlock_page(page);
 		bp->b_pages[i] = page;
 		offset = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!bp->b_locked) {
-		for (i = 0; i < bp->b_page_count; i++)
-			unlock_page(bp->b_pages[i]);
-	}
-
 	if (page_count == bp->b_page_count)
 		bp->b_flags |= XBF_DONE;
 
@@ -752,7 +743,6 @@ xfs_buf_associate_memory(
 		bp->b_pages[i] = mem_to_page((void *)pageaddr);
 		pageaddr += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	}
-	bp->b_locked = 0;
 
 	bp->b_count_desired = len;
 	bp->b_buffer_length = buflen;
@@ -1099,25 +1089,13 @@ xfs_buf_iostart(
 	return status;
 }
 
-STATIC_INLINE int
-_xfs_buf_iolocked(
-	xfs_buf_t		*bp)
-{
-	ASSERT(bp->b_flags & (XBF_READ | XBF_WRITE));
-	if (bp->b_flags & XBF_READ)
-		return bp->b_locked;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 STATIC_INLINE void
 _xfs_buf_ioend(
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp,
 	int			schedule)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bp->b_io_remaining) == 1) {
-		bp->b_locked = 0;
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bp->b_io_remaining) == 1)
 		xfs_buf_ioend(bp, schedule);
-	}
 }
 
 STATIC void
@@ -1148,10 +1126,6 @@ xfs_buf_bio_end_io(
 
 		if (--bvec >= bio->bi_io_vec)
 			prefetchw(&bvec->bv_page->flags);
-
-		if (_xfs_buf_iolocked(bp)) {
-			unlock_page(page);
-		}
 	} while (bvec >= bio->bi_io_vec);
 
 	_xfs_buf_ioend(bp, 1);
@@ -1162,13 +1136,12 @@ STATIC void
 _xfs_buf_ioapply(
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp)
 {
-	int			i, rw, map_i, total_nr_pages, nr_pages;
+	int			rw, map_i, total_nr_pages, nr_pages;
 	struct bio		*bio;
 	int			offset = bp->b_offset;
 	int			size = bp->b_count_desired;
 	sector_t		sector = bp->b_bn;
 	unsigned int		blocksize = bp->b_target->bt_bsize;
-	int			locking = _xfs_buf_iolocked(bp);
 
 	total_nr_pages = bp->b_page_count;
 	map_i = 0;
@@ -1191,7 +1164,7 @@ _xfs_buf_ioapply(
 	 * filesystem block size is not smaller than the page size.
 	 */
 	if ((bp->b_buffer_length < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) &&
-	    (bp->b_flags & XBF_READ) && locking &&
+	    (bp->b_flags & XBF_READ) &&
 	    (blocksize >= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)) {
 		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
 
@@ -1208,24 +1181,6 @@ _xfs_buf_ioapply(
 		goto submit_io;
 	}
 
-	/* Lock down the pages which we need to for the request */
-	if (locking && (bp->b_flags & XBF_WRITE) && (bp->b_locked == 0)) {
-		for (i = 0; size; i++) {
-			int		nbytes = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
-			struct page	*page = bp->b_pages[i];
-
-			if (nbytes > size)
-				nbytes = size;
-
-			lock_page(page);
-
-			size -= nbytes;
-			offset = 0;
-		}
-		offset = bp->b_offset;
-		size = bp->b_count_desired;
-	}
-
 next_chunk:
 	atomic_inc(&bp->b_io_remaining);
 	nr_pages = BIO_MAX_SECTORS >> (PAGE_SHIFT - BBSHIFT);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
index b5908a34b15d..a3d207de48b8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_buf {
 	void			*b_fspriv2;
 	void			*b_fspriv3;
 	unsigned short		b_error;	/* error code on I/O */
-	unsigned short		b_locked;	/* page array is locked */
 	unsigned int		b_page_count;	/* size of page array */
 	unsigned int		b_offset;	/* page offset in first page */
 	struct page		**b_pages;	/* array of page pointers */