diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/endian.h b/fs/ocfs2/endian.h
index ff257628af16c24f71bc6782d972ed09d93db6de..1942e09f6ee588fc153ce696cb14d76a7a6c39d1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/endian.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/endian.h
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ static inline void le64_add_cpu(__le64 *var, u64 val)
 	*var = cpu_to_le64(le64_to_cpu(*var) + val);
 }
 
-static inline void le32_and_cpu(__le32 *var, u32 val)
-{
-	*var = cpu_to_le32(le32_to_cpu(*var) & val);
-}
-
 static inline void be32_add_cpu(__be32 *var, u32 val)
 {
 	*var = cpu_to_be32(be32_to_cpu(*var) + val);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 5e19c119183d0a674b7e21d7ad4a7907a79cecc7..7e9e4c79aec7bf4b3e4488190f47972821a3945f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_inode(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	di->i_dtime = cpu_to_le64(CURRENT_TIME.tv_sec);
-	le32_and_cpu(&di->i_flags, ~(OCFS2_VALID_FL | OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL));
+	di->i_flags &= cpu_to_le32(~(OCFS2_VALID_FL | OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL));
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {