diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 4538a1e621e885bbfe1e1ffeef94f16483972bcb..70745f3561a6bd66e1cc6fcd0f7ac43ac50c190b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -444,8 +444,7 @@ static int init_journal(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, int undo)
 	if (sdp->sd_lockstruct.ls_first) {
 		unsigned int x;
 		for (x = 0; x < sdp->sd_journals; x++) {
-			error = gfs2_recover_journal(gfs2_jdesc_find(sdp, x),
-						     WAIT);
+			error = gfs2_recover_journal(gfs2_jdesc_find(sdp, x));
 			if (error) {
 				fs_err(sdp, "error recovering journal %u: %d\n",
 				       x, error);
@@ -455,7 +454,7 @@ static int init_journal(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, int undo)
 
 		gfs2_lm_others_may_mount(sdp);
 	} else if (!sdp->sd_args.ar_spectator) {
-		error = gfs2_recover_journal(sdp->sd_jdesc, WAIT);
+		error = gfs2_recover_journal(sdp->sd_jdesc);
 		if (error) {
 			fs_err(sdp, "error recovering my journal: %d\n", error);
 			goto fail_jinode_gh;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
index 68c85610fb5bf260c7ec0e2fc9208469ff70a33d..e91c2bda6c32240d9bad2fc9ed2dc2bbd6ffad56 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ static int clean_journal(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, struct gfs2_log_header *head)
 /**
  * gfs2_recover_journal - recovery a given journal
  * @jd: the struct gfs2_jdesc describing the journal
- * @wait: Don't return until the journal is clean (or an error is encountered)
  *
  * Acquire the journal's lock, check to see if the journal is clean, and
  * do recovery if necessary.
@@ -426,7 +425,7 @@ static int clean_journal(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, struct gfs2_log_header *head)
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-int gfs2_recover_journal(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, int wait)
+int gfs2_recover_journal(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd)
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = jd->jd_inode->u.generic_ip;
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = ip->i_sbd;
@@ -441,12 +440,10 @@ int gfs2_recover_journal(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, int wait)
 
 	/* Aquire the journal lock so we can do recovery */
 
-	error = gfs2_glock_nq_num(sdp,
-				  jd->jd_jid, &gfs2_journal_glops,
+	error = gfs2_glock_nq_num(sdp, jd->jd_jid, &gfs2_journal_glops,
 				  LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE,
-				  LM_FLAG_NOEXP |
-				  ((wait) ? 0 : LM_FLAG_TRY) |
-				  GL_NOCACHE, &j_gh);
+				  LM_FLAG_NOEXP | LM_FLAG_TRY | GL_NOCACHE,
+				  &j_gh);
 	switch (error) {
 	case 0:
 		break;
@@ -574,7 +571,7 @@ void gfs2_check_journals(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 			break;
 
 		if (jd != sdp->sd_jdesc)
-			gfs2_recover_journal(jd, NO_WAIT);
+			gfs2_recover_journal(jd);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/recovery.h b/fs/gfs2/recovery.h
index 50d7eb57881c990e3176e25c421dc60a576cb6c0..248481189300ce39c345cde9084ef3829db9ecbe 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/recovery.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/recovery.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void gfs2_revoke_clean(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
 
 int gfs2_find_jhead(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd,
 		    struct gfs2_log_header *head);
-int gfs2_recover_journal(struct gfs2_jdesc *gfs2_jd, int wait);
+int gfs2_recover_journal(struct gfs2_jdesc *gfs2_jd);
 void gfs2_check_journals(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
 
 #endif /* __RECOVERY_DOT_H__ */