diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
index 045e493ab033974e54919d01900e261896b90fed..7846298707177ee6f86e0fbc9dbf6f39db9a173a 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
@@ -632,9 +632,6 @@ do {									\
 	spin_unlock(&orangefs_superblocks_lock);				\
 } while (0)
 
-#define orangefs_lock_inode(inode) spin_lock(&inode->i_lock)
-#define orangefs_unlock_inode(inode) spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock)
-
 #define fill_default_sys_attrs(sys_attr, type, mode)			\
 do {									\
 	sys_attr.owner = from_kuid(current_user_ns(), current_fsuid()); \
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-utils.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-utils.c
index 8ef9e9646748e945046f13a1b9ff869c38cbeb40..df4ad04407e2f7b7b8c6a86c2e143d08784f8877 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-utils.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-utils.c
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ static int copy_attributes_to_inode(struct inode *inode,
 			rounded_up_size =
 			    (inode_size + (4096 - (inode_size % 4096)));
 
-			orangefs_lock_inode(inode);
+			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 			inode->i_bytes = inode_size;
 			inode->i_blocks =
 			    (unsigned long)(rounded_up_size / 512);
-			orangefs_unlock_inode(inode);
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
 			/*
 			 * NOTE: make sure all the places we're called
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ static int copy_attributes_to_inode(struct inode *inode,
 	default:
 		inode->i_size = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 
-		orangefs_lock_inode(inode);
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		inode_set_bytes(inode, inode->i_size);
-		orangefs_unlock_inode(inode);
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		break;
 	}