diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 51166c12c5d7a85ae554d797543a60fc90c0774e..350b5169a9a03099f39c0ee1bff75b2338167447 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ struct gfs2_sbd {
 	/* StatFS stuff */
 
 	spinlock_t sd_statfs_spin;
-	struct mutex sd_statfs_mutex;
 	struct gfs2_statfs_change_host sd_statfs_master;
 	struct gfs2_statfs_change_host sd_statfs_local;
 	unsigned long sd_statfs_sync_time;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 0921f17a164cee9c047c35546ec21ea584893d00..79f9bb365f107794f50d46b1290f9f58d0563c86 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ static struct gfs2_sbd *init_sbd(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	mutex_init(&sdp->sd_inum_mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&sdp->sd_statfs_spin);
-	mutex_init(&sdp->sd_statfs_mutex);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&sdp->sd_rindex_spin);
 	mutex_init(&sdp->sd_rindex_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index 22e09660d648e65244b2c36c201672c5f2e238d0..5d0017d313a35f24d18c05baa99d4926d55f0717 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -688,9 +688,7 @@ void gfs2_statfs_change(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, s64 total, s64 free,
 	if (error)
 		return;
 
-	mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_statfs_mutex);
 	gfs2_trans_add_bh(l_ip->i_gl, l_bh, 1);
-	mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_statfs_mutex);
 
 	spin_lock(&sdp->sd_statfs_spin);
 	l_sc->sc_total += total;
@@ -738,9 +736,7 @@ int gfs2_statfs_sync(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	if (error)
 		goto out_bh2;
 
-	mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_statfs_mutex);
 	gfs2_trans_add_bh(l_ip->i_gl, l_bh, 1);
-	mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_statfs_mutex);
 
 	spin_lock(&sdp->sd_statfs_spin);
 	m_sc->sc_total += l_sc->sc_total;