diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 38c4d128a8c0c8675f05f6672fefd3f058dd85c2..de05abbbe7fd5b4d220b3baee7230006631cdd33 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -227,9 +227,7 @@ xfs_initialize_vnode(
 		xfs_revalidate_inode(XFS_BHVTOM(bdp), vp, ip);
 		xfs_set_inodeops(inode);
 
-		spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-		ip->i_flags &= ~XFS_INEW;
-		spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+		xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_INEW);
 		barrier();
 
 		unlock_new_inode(inode);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index 1562ac2dd67ca6ced73e85c523ef1046d5016e05..4b0c1881d6d59a1a10e363e21f28167e7289981f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ xfs_iget_core(
 			 * If INEW is set this inode is being set up
 			 * we need to pause and try again.
 			 */
-			if (ip->i_flags & XFS_INEW) {
+			if (xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_INEW)) {
 				read_unlock(&ih->ih_lock);
 				delay(1);
 				XFS_STATS_INC(xs_ig_frecycle);
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ xfs_iget_core(
 				 * on its way out of the system,
 				 * we need to pause and try again.
 				 */
-				if (ip->i_flags & XFS_IRECLAIM) {
+				if (xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IRECLAIM)) {
 					read_unlock(&ih->ih_lock);
 					delay(1);
 					XFS_STATS_INC(xs_ig_frecycle);
@@ -243,9 +243,7 @@ xfs_iget_core(
 
 				XFS_STATS_INC(xs_ig_found);
 
-				spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-				ip->i_flags &= ~XFS_IRECLAIMABLE;
-				spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+				xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE);
 				version = ih->ih_version;
 				read_unlock(&ih->ih_lock);
 				xfs_ihash_promote(ih, ip, version);
@@ -299,10 +297,7 @@ xfs_iget_core(
 			if (lock_flags != 0)
 				xfs_ilock(ip, lock_flags);
 
-			spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-			ip->i_flags &= ~XFS_ISTALE;
-			spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-
+			xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ISTALE);
 			vn_trace_exit(vp, "xfs_iget.found",
 						(inst_t *)__return_address);
 			goto return_ip;
@@ -371,10 +366,7 @@ xfs_iget_core(
 	ih->ih_next = ip;
 	ip->i_udquot = ip->i_gdquot = NULL;
 	ih->ih_version++;
-	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-	ip->i_flags |= XFS_INEW;
-	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-
+	xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_INEW);
 	write_unlock(&ih->ih_lock);
 
 	/*
@@ -625,7 +617,7 @@ xfs_iput_new(xfs_inode_t	*ip,
 	vn_trace_entry(vp, "xfs_iput_new", (inst_t *)__return_address);
 
 	if ((ip->i_d.di_mode == 0)) {
-		ASSERT(!(ip->i_flags & XFS_IRECLAIMABLE));
+		ASSERT(!xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE));
 		vn_mark_bad(vp);
 	}
 	if (inode->i_state & I_NEW)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index c27d7d495aa0f498ade09aa6a5db5a67a8fa01ce..17d2a471751ec5c53631dbda5d87ec6e9c57e31a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ xfs_ifree_cluster(
 			/* Inode not in memory or we found it already,
 			 * nothing to do
 			 */
-			if (!ip || (ip->i_flags & XFS_ISTALE)) {
+			if (!ip || xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_ISTALE)) {
 				read_unlock(&ih->ih_lock);
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -2215,10 +2215,7 @@ xfs_ifree_cluster(
 
 			if (ip == free_ip) {
 				if (xfs_iflock_nowait(ip)) {
-					spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-					ip->i_flags |= XFS_ISTALE;
-					spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-
+					xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_ISTALE);
 					if (xfs_inode_clean(ip)) {
 						xfs_ifunlock(ip);
 					} else {
@@ -2231,9 +2228,7 @@ xfs_ifree_cluster(
 
 			if (xfs_ilock_nowait(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL)) {
 				if (xfs_iflock_nowait(ip)) {
-					spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-					ip->i_flags |= XFS_ISTALE;
-					spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+					xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_ISTALE);
 
 					if (xfs_inode_clean(ip)) {
 						xfs_ifunlock(ip);
@@ -2263,9 +2258,7 @@ xfs_ifree_cluster(
 				AIL_LOCK(mp,s);
 				iip->ili_flush_lsn = iip->ili_item.li_lsn;
 				AIL_UNLOCK(mp, s);
-				spin_lock(&iip->ili_inode->i_flags_lock);
-				iip->ili_inode->i_flags |= XFS_ISTALE;
-				spin_unlock(&iip->ili_inode->i_flags_lock);
+				xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_ISTALE);
 				pre_flushed++;
 			}
 			lip = lip->li_bio_list;
@@ -2764,7 +2757,7 @@ xfs_iunpin(
 		struct inode *inode = NULL;
 
 		spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-		if (!(ip->i_flags & (XFS_IRECLAIM|XFS_IRECLAIMABLE))) {
+		if (!__xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IRECLAIM|XFS_IRECLAIMABLE)) {
 			bhv_vnode_t	*vp = XFS_ITOV_NULL(ip);
 
 			/* make sync come back and flush this inode */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index e96eb0835fe658a9a2ba8df257eb94a1f130a15d..bc823720d88f4116bff4eccc42fb07b6d1ab971d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -305,6 +305,47 @@ typedef struct xfs_inode {
 #endif
 } xfs_inode_t;
 
+
+/*
+ * i_flags helper functions
+ */
+static inline void
+__xfs_iflags_set(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+{
+	ip->i_flags |= flags;
+}
+
+static inline void
+xfs_iflags_set(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+{
+	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+	__xfs_iflags_set(ip, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+}
+
+static inline void
+xfs_iflags_clear(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+{
+	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+	ip->i_flags &= ~flags;
+	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+}
+
+static inline int
+__xfs_iflags_test(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+{
+	return (ip->i_flags & flags);
+}
+
+static inline int
+xfs_iflags_test(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+{
+	int ret;
+	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+	ret = __xfs_iflags_test(ip, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 2c79c367058929ae18cd289c639efe20d2134133..4c5d73cbb9018d0a933d76066eab06f63441506e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -3844,9 +3844,7 @@ xfs_reclaim(
 		XFS_MOUNT_ILOCK(mp);
 		vn_bhv_remove(VN_BHV_HEAD(vp), XFS_ITOBHV(ip));
 		list_add_tail(&ip->i_reclaim, &mp->m_del_inodes);
-		spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-		ip->i_flags |= XFS_IRECLAIMABLE;
-		spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+		xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE);
 		XFS_MOUNT_IUNLOCK(mp);
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -3872,8 +3870,8 @@ xfs_finish_reclaim(
 	 */
 	write_lock(&ih->ih_lock);
 	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-	if ((ip->i_flags & XFS_IRECLAIM) ||
-	    (!(ip->i_flags & XFS_IRECLAIMABLE) && vp == NULL)) {
+	if (__xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IRECLAIM) ||
+	    (!__xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE) && vp == NULL)) {
 		spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 		write_unlock(&ih->ih_lock);
 		if (locked) {
@@ -3882,7 +3880,7 @@ xfs_finish_reclaim(
 		}
 		return 1;
 	}
-	ip->i_flags |= XFS_IRECLAIM;
+	__xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_IRECLAIM);
 	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 	write_unlock(&ih->ih_lock);