diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index fd38682..a02480d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -620,12 +620,12 @@
 	struct xfs_perag *pag;
 
 	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ip->i_ino));
-	write_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 	__xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(pag, ip);
 	__xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE);
 	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-	write_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 }
 
@@ -833,12 +833,12 @@
 	 * added to the tree assert that it's been there before to catch
 	 * problems with the inode life time early on.
 	 */
-	write_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	if (!radix_tree_delete(&pag->pag_ici_root,
 				XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(ip->i_mount, ip->i_ino)))
 		ASSERT(0);
 	__xfs_inode_clear_reclaim(pag, ip);
-	write_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Here we do an (almost) spurious inode lock in order to coordinate
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h
index 63c7a1a..58632cc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 
 	atomic_t        pagf_fstrms;    /* # of filestreams active in this AG */
 
-	rwlock_t	pag_ici_lock;	/* incore inode lock */
+	spinlock_t	pag_ici_lock;	/* incore inode cache lock */
 	struct radix_tree_root pag_ici_root;	/* incore inode cache root */
 	int		pag_ici_reclaimable;	/* reclaimable inodes */
 	struct mutex	pag_ici_reclaim_lock;	/* serialisation point */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index 04ed09b..3ecad00 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 			goto out_error;
 		}
 
-		write_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+		spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 		spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 		ip->i_flags &= ~(XFS_IRECLAIMABLE | XFS_IRECLAIM);
 		ip->i_flags |= XFS_INEW;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 				&xfs_iolock_active, "xfs_iolock_active");
 
 		spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-		write_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	} else {
 		/* If the VFS inode is being torn down, pause and try again. */
 		if (!igrab(inode)) {
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 			BUG();
 	}
 
-	write_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 
 	/* insert the new inode */
 	error = radix_tree_insert(&pag->pag_ici_root, agino, ip);
@@ -366,14 +366,14 @@
 	ip->i_udquot = ip->i_gdquot = NULL;
 	xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_INEW);
 
-	write_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	radix_tree_preload_end();
 
 	*ipp = ip;
 	return 0;
 
 out_preload_end:
-	write_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	radix_tree_preload_end();
 	if (lock_flags)
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, lock_flags);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 40579fd..d447aef 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
 			goto out_unwind;
 		pag->pag_agno = index;
 		pag->pag_mount = mp;
-		rwlock_init(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+		spin_lock_init(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 		mutex_init(&pag->pag_ici_reclaim_lock);
 		INIT_RADIX_TREE(&pag->pag_ici_root, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		spin_lock_init(&pag->pag_buf_lock);