diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index 2c23bade9aa676451972905449e8d8cc0bbcfec3..88c97f7312be7ba7504169b4eb02940de81f27cc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext4_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= ext4_readdir,		/* we take BKL. needed?*/
-	.ioctl		= ext4_ioctl,		/* BKL held */
+	.unlocked_ioctl = ext4_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ext4_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index ac35ec58db55c9e9fe4b4d3effde74274b614b25..20507a24506abde931d4d61ea68d11b6cc8f9a17 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext4_file_operations = {
 	.write		= do_sync_write,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= ext4_file_write,
-	.ioctl		= ext4_ioctl,
+	.unlocked_ioctl = ext4_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ext4_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 25b13ede8086c606a4b1320c2a364889434c7b7c..ce937fe432a0b494161e757c643112053d1f6d87 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-int ext4_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
-		unsigned long arg)
+long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	unsigned int flags;
 	unsigned short rsv_window_size;
@@ -277,9 +277,6 @@ int ext4_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 long ext4_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	int ret;
-
 	/* These are just misnamed, they actually get/put from/to user an int */
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case EXT4_IOC32_GETFLAGS:
@@ -319,9 +316,6 @@ long ext4_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	default:
 		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 	}
-	lock_kernel();
-	ret = ext4_ioctl(inode, file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg));
-	unlock_kernel();
-	return ret;
+	return ext4_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg));
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/ext4_fs.h b/include/linux/ext4_fs.h
index 105337ca9ed048d8787868840b19cef0373af0d5..33bc88568c5405efc2556b4bca483d4392edbefa 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext4_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext4_fs.h
@@ -1050,8 +1050,7 @@ extern int ext4_block_truncate_page(handle_t *handle, struct page *page,
 		struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from);
 
 /* ioctl.c */
-extern int ext4_ioctl (struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int,
-		       unsigned long);
+extern long ext4_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 extern long ext4_compat_ioctl (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 
 /* migrate.c */