diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.c
index 9d9464c..b7ff267 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include "xfs_ag.h"
 #include "xfs_mount.h"
 
-uint64_t vn_generation;		/* vnode generation number */
-DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vnumber_lock);
 
 /*
  * Dedicated vnode inactive/reclaim sync semaphores.
@@ -95,12 +93,6 @@
 	XFS_STATS_INC(vn_active);
 	XFS_STATS_INC(vn_alloc);
 
-	spin_lock(&vnumber_lock);
-	if (!++vn_generation)	/* v_number shouldn't be zero */
-		vn_generation++;
-	vp->v_number = vn_generation;
-	spin_unlock(&vnumber_lock);
-
 	ASSERT(VN_CACHED(vp) == 0);
 
 	return vp;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h
index 2b16136..a5c14a8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 typedef __u64		bhv_vnumber_t;
 
 typedef struct bhv_vnode {
-	bhv_vnumber_t	v_number;		/* in-core vnode number */
 	struct inode	v_inode;		/* Linux inode */
 	/* inode MUST be last */
 } bhv_vnode_t;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index 001cec7..03f32c6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -421,8 +421,8 @@
 	bhv_vnode_t	*vp)
 {
 	mrlock_init(&ip->i_lock, MRLOCK_ALLOW_EQUAL_PRI|MRLOCK_BARRIER,
-		     "xfsino", (long)vp->v_number);
-	mrlock_init(&ip->i_iolock, MRLOCK_BARRIER, "xfsio", vp->v_number);
+		     "xfsino", ip->i_ino);
+	mrlock_init(&ip->i_iolock, MRLOCK_BARRIER, "xfsio", ip->i_ino);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ip->i_ipin_wait);
 	atomic_set(&ip->i_pincount, 0);
 	initnsema(&ip->i_flock, 1, "xfsfino");