diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 25b13ed..ce937fe 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 @@
 #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 @@
 	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