diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index d4870432ecfc9be0d6d3b35807a57501c2d517f6..b1981d0e95ad624e42595e3aace23044716c7770 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -539,7 +539,6 @@ unsigned long ext2_count_free (struct buffer_head * map, unsigned int numchars)
 
 #endif  /*  EXT2FS_DEBUG  */
 
-/* Superblock must be locked */
 unsigned long ext2_count_free_blocks (struct super_block * sb)
 {
 	struct ext2_group_desc * desc;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index de85c61c58c57548cd302ebace431b29bfee8241..695f69ccf9088a072e4a899ec431629a14d44ebd 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -637,7 +637,6 @@ struct inode *ext2_new_inode(struct inode *dir, int mode)
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-/* Superblock must be locked */
 unsigned long ext2_count_free_inodes (struct super_block * sb)
 {
 	struct ext2_group_desc *desc;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index ca5bfb6914d269afa7106c5a569a3aa80f666f72..4286ff6330b6a0b006ca159e5041b6e75ed2075b 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,6 @@ static int ext2_statfs (struct dentry * dentry, struct kstatfs * buf)
 	unsigned long overhead;
 	int i;
 
-	lock_super(sb);
 	if (test_opt (sb, MINIX_DF))
 		overhead = 0;
 	else {
@@ -1124,7 +1123,6 @@ static int ext2_statfs (struct dentry * dentry, struct kstatfs * buf)
 	buf->f_files = le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_inodes_count);
 	buf->f_ffree = ext2_count_free_inodes (sb);
 	buf->f_namelen = EXT2_NAME_LEN;
-	unlock_super(sb);
 	return 0;
 }