diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index 8e4b55a2bd773dc1c59175697501ee52166f9ac3..1345c3d44ede133ff9bf9f940ad949844b15fb7d 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -391,10 +391,6 @@ void gfs2_holder_init(struct gfs2_glock *gl, unsigned int state, unsigned flags,
 	gh->gh_flags = flags;
 	gh->gh_error = 0;
 	gh->gh_iflags = 0;
-
-	if (gh->gh_state == LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE)
-		gh->gh_flags |= GL_LOCAL_EXCL;
-
 	gfs2_glock_hold(gl);
 }
 
@@ -412,9 +408,6 @@ void gfs2_holder_reinit(unsigned int state, unsigned flags, struct gfs2_holder *
 {
 	gh->gh_state = state;
 	gh->gh_flags = flags;
-	if (gh->gh_state == LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE)
-		gh->gh_flags |= GL_LOCAL_EXCL;
-
 	gh->gh_iflags &= 1 << HIF_ALLOCED;
 	gh->gh_ip = (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0);
 }
@@ -557,11 +550,11 @@ static int rq_promote(struct gfs2_holder *gh)
 		set_bit(GLF_LOCK, &gl->gl_flags);
 	} else {
 		struct gfs2_holder *next_gh;
-		if (gh->gh_flags & GL_LOCAL_EXCL)
+		if (gh->gh_state == LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE)
 			return 1;
 		next_gh = list_entry(gl->gl_holders.next, struct gfs2_holder,
 				     gh_list);
-		if (next_gh->gh_flags & GL_LOCAL_EXCL)
+		if (next_gh->gh_state == LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE)
 			 return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -1363,10 +1356,7 @@ static int glock_compare(const void *arg_a, const void *arg_b)
 		return 1;
 	if (a->ln_number < b->ln_number)
 		return -1;
-	if (gh_a->gh_state == LM_ST_SHARED && gh_b->gh_state == LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE)
-		return 1;
-	if (!(gh_a->gh_flags & GL_LOCAL_EXCL) && (gh_b->gh_flags & GL_LOCAL_EXCL))
-		return 1;
+	BUG_ON(gh_a->gh_gl->gl_ops->go_type == gh_b->gh_gl->gl_ops->go_type);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.h b/fs/gfs2/glock.h
index ddc56dc4ec9fe59d4902d323e8458d253edb7073..1eaeacdd14a44a66448beb717863e0b35fbed6b2 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #define LM_FLAG_ANY		0x00000008
 #define LM_FLAG_PRIORITY	0x00000010 */
 
-#define GL_LOCAL_EXCL		0x00000020
 #define GL_ASYNC		0x00000040
 #define GL_EXACT		0x00000080
 #define GL_SKIP			0x00000100
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index e4da26fe406fa05feaf7e71563c71aa6464a3489..dda68586f7575f6b8309ef7a8658d89d4680e936 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static int inode_go_lock(struct gfs2_holder *gh)
 
 	if ((ip->i_di.di_flags & GFS2_DIF_TRUNC_IN_PROG) &&
 	    (gl->gl_state == LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE) &&
-	    (gh->gh_flags & GL_LOCAL_EXCL))
+	    (gh->gh_state == LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE))
 		error = gfs2_truncatei_resume(ip);
 
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
index fbf55063928fbc40cd32e6073c663c8581aeb000..4855e8cca62269e01b1c5e70433771747c64b95c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
@@ -216,8 +216,7 @@ static struct dentry *gfs2_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb, void *inum_obj)
 	}
 
 	error = gfs2_glock_nq_num(sdp, inum->no_addr, &gfs2_inode_glops,
-				  LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY | GL_LOCAL_EXCL,
-				  &i_gh);
+				  LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY, &i_gh);
 	if (error)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index ce5353ac8f3dfdde8ff402371ae9780f72e8e3d7..70f424fcf1cdb8468c825367aead70c48a462254 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -354,8 +354,7 @@ int gfs2_jindex_hold(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_holder *ji_gh)
 	mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_jindex_mutex);
 
 	for (;;) {
-		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(dip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED,
-					   GL_LOCAL_EXCL, ji_gh);
+		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(dip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, ji_gh);
 		if (error)
 			break;
 
@@ -524,8 +523,7 @@ int gfs2_make_fs_rw(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	struct gfs2_log_header_host head;
 	int error;
 
-	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_trans_gl, LM_ST_SHARED,
-				   GL_LOCAL_EXCL, &t_gh);
+	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_trans_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &t_gh);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -578,9 +576,8 @@ int gfs2_make_fs_ro(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	gfs2_quota_sync(sdp);
 	gfs2_statfs_sync(sdp);
 
-	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_trans_gl, LM_ST_SHARED,
-				GL_LOCAL_EXCL | GL_NOCACHE,
-				&t_gh);
+	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_trans_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, GL_NOCACHE,
+				   &t_gh);
 	if (error && !test_bit(SDF_SHUTDOWN, &sdp->sd_flags))
 		return error;