1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index b39991285136..2b40cffa2432 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ void ext3_free_inode (handle_t *handle, struct inode * inode)
         struct ext3_sb_info *sbi;
         int fatal = 0, err;
 
-        if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) > 1) {
+        if (inode->i_count > 1) {
                 printk ("ext3_free_inode: inode has count=%d\n",
-                                        atomic_read(&inode->i_count));
+                                        inode->i_count);
                 return;
         }
         if (inode->i_nlink) {