1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 16cae1a00851..52b780fb5258 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -223,14 +223,7 @@ locks_get_lock_context(struct inode *inode, int type)
          * Assign the pointer if it's not already assigned. If it is, then
          * free the context we just allocated.
          */
-        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-        if (likely(!inode->i_flctx)) {
-                inode->i_flctx = new;
-                new = NULL;
-        }
-        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-
-        if (new)
+        if (cmpxchg(&inode->i_flctx, NULL, new))
                 kmem_cache_free(flctx_cache, new);
 out:
         return inode->i_flctx;