diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 87a593c2b055503e727c2cda93a396ecb2681fb5..c80add6e2213ab6d4f301a2ca06134b4a4f5581c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -135,14 +135,14 @@ void nfs_clear_page_tag_locked(struct nfs_page *req)
 		nfs_unlock_request(req);
 }
 
-/**
+/*
  * nfs_clear_request - Free up all resources allocated to the request
  * @req:
  *
  * Release page and open context resources associated with a read/write
  * request after it has completed.
  */
-void nfs_clear_request(struct nfs_page *req)
+static void nfs_clear_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
 	struct page *page = req->wb_page;
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx = req->wb_context;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 85d75254328ebd1c822187e51a3f5b5e9fc320b7..af0c6279a4a7c131cd9c2a80e0764ba8ea50a6c9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -389,11 +389,8 @@ static int nfs_inode_add_request(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_page *req)
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	error = radix_tree_insert(&nfsi->nfs_page_tree, req->wb_index, req);
 	BUG_ON(error);
-	if (!nfsi->npages) {
-		igrab(inode);
-		if (nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_WRITE))
-			nfsi->change_attr++;
-	}
+	if (!nfsi->npages && nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_WRITE))
+		nfsi->change_attr++;
 	set_bit(PG_MAPPED, &req->wb_flags);
 	SetPagePrivate(req->wb_page);
 	set_page_private(req->wb_page, (unsigned long)req);
@@ -423,11 +420,7 @@ static void nfs_inode_remove_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 	clear_bit(PG_MAPPED, &req->wb_flags);
 	radix_tree_delete(&nfsi->nfs_page_tree, req->wb_index);
 	nfsi->npages--;
-	if (!nfsi->npages) {
-		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		iput(inode);
-	} else
-		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	nfs_release_request(req);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_page.h b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
index 8023e4e25133cbcebbbd97b85c33df1943d34e13..91af2e49fa3ab1a532bdc22143da19021f0248da 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_page.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ extern	struct nfs_page *nfs_create_request(struct nfs_open_context *ctx,
 					    struct page *page,
 					    unsigned int offset,
 					    unsigned int count);
-extern	void nfs_clear_request(struct nfs_page *req);
 extern	void nfs_release_request(struct nfs_page *req);