diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 52f6846101d528b7726ba39e091c2e70dd81a6ad..5105015a75ad993d8401e0519a81186ab0e722a9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ int
 xfs_buf_lock_value(
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp)
 {
-	return atomic_read(&bp->b_sema.count);
+	return bp->b_sema.count;
 }
 #endif