diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index c8a4727..22dd608 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&data_alloc_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(data_alloc_inode, NULL, &data_alloc_bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(data_alloc_inode, &data_alloc_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out_mutex;
@@ -2003,10 +2003,7 @@
 		mutex_lock(&ext_alloc_inode->i_mutex);
 		(*tc)->tc_ext_alloc_inode = ext_alloc_inode;
 
-		status = ocfs2_meta_lock(ext_alloc_inode,
-					 NULL,
-					 &ext_alloc_bh,
-					 1);
+		status = ocfs2_meta_lock(ext_alloc_inode, &ext_alloc_bh, 1);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 3d7c082..196a71c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 
 	mlog_entry("(0x%p, %lu)\n", file, (page ? page->index : 0));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_meta_lock_with_page(inode, NULL, NULL, 0, page);
+	ret = ocfs2_meta_lock_with_page(inode, NULL, 0, page);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		if (ret == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE)
 			unlock = 0;
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 
 	mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, %u, %u)\n", file, page, from, to);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_meta_lock_with_page(inode, NULL, NULL, 0, page);
+	ret = ocfs2_meta_lock_with_page(inode, NULL, 0, page);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
 	 *    stale inode allocation image (i_size, i_clusters, etc).
 	 */
 
-	ret = ocfs2_meta_lock_with_page(inode, NULL, &di_bh, 1, page);
+	ret = ocfs2_meta_lock_with_page(inode, &di_bh, 1, page);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
 	 * accessed concurrently from multiple nodes.
 	 */
 	if (!INODE_JOURNAL(inode)) {
-		err = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
+		err = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
 		if (err) {
 			if (err != -ENOENT)
 				mlog_errno(err);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index d10ccea..db46ee5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 	stored = 0;
 	bh = NULL;
 
-	error = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	error = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
 	if (error < 0) {
 		if (error != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(error);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 1c29b96..7a22118 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -1579,7 +1579,6 @@
  * the result of the lock will be communicated via the callback.
  */
 int ocfs2_meta_lock_full(struct inode *inode,
-			 struct ocfs2_journal_handle *handle,
 			 struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
 			 int ex,
 			 int arg_flags)
@@ -1707,18 +1706,16 @@
  * the lock inversion simply.
  */
 int ocfs2_meta_lock_with_page(struct inode *inode,
-			      struct ocfs2_journal_handle *handle,
 			      struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
 			      int ex,
 			      struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_meta_lock_full(inode, handle, ret_bh, ex,
-				   OCFS2_LOCK_NONBLOCK);
+	ret = ocfs2_meta_lock_full(inode, ret_bh, ex, OCFS2_LOCK_NONBLOCK);
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
 		unlock_page(page);
-		if (ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, handle, ret_bh, ex) == 0)
+		if (ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, ret_bh, ex) == 0)
 			ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, ex);
 		ret = AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
index 75c49ce..a1165ed 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
@@ -81,18 +81,16 @@
 int ocfs2_rw_lock(struct inode *inode, int write);
 void ocfs2_rw_unlock(struct inode *inode, int write);
 int ocfs2_meta_lock_full(struct inode *inode,
-			 struct ocfs2_journal_handle *handle,
 			 struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
 			 int ex,
 			 int arg_flags);
 int ocfs2_meta_lock_with_page(struct inode *inode,
-			      struct ocfs2_journal_handle *handle,
 			      struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
 			      int ex,
 			      struct page *page);
 /* 99% of the time we don't want to supply any additional flags --
  * those are for very specific cases only. */
-#define ocfs2_meta_lock(i, h, b, e) ocfs2_meta_lock_full(i, h, b, e, 0)
+#define ocfs2_meta_lock(i, b, e) ocfs2_meta_lock_full(i, b, e, 0)
 void ocfs2_meta_unlock(struct inode *inode,
 		       int ex);
 int ocfs2_super_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/export.c b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
index fb91089..06be6e7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/export.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 	mlog(0, "find parent of directory %llu\n",
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno);
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, NULL, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index bd944e8..bcae269 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, &bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, &bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@
 	 */
 	meta_level = (filp->f_flags & O_APPEND) ? 1 : 0;
 	for(;;) {
-		ret = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, NULL, meta_level);
+		ret = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, meta_level);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			meta_level = -1;
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@
 	 * like i_size. This allows the checks down below
 	 * generic_file_aio_read() a chance of actually working. 
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	ret = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 20e60e4..dec0ece 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
 				  generation, inode);
 
 	if (can_lock) {
-		status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
+		status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
 		if (status) {
 			make_bad_inode(inode);
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode_alloc_inode->i_mutex);
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode_alloc_inode, NULL, &inode_alloc_bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode_alloc_inode, &inode_alloc_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mutex_unlock(&inode_alloc_inode->i_mutex);
 
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@
 	 * delete_inode operation. We do this now to avoid races with
 	 * recovery completion on other nodes. */
 	mutex_lock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(orphan_dir_inode, NULL, &orphan_dir_bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(orphan_dir_inode, &orphan_dir_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
 
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@
 	 * allocation lock here as it won't be needed - nobody will
 	 * have the file open.
 	 */
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, &di_bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@
 
 	/* Let ocfs2_meta_lock do the work of updating our struct
 	 * inode for us. */
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
index 3663cef..16d8861 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 {
 	int status;
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		return status;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, &bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, &bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index f070487..61db8e7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -424,8 +424,7 @@
 	/* Skip recovery waits here - journal inode metadata never
 	 * changes in a live cluster so it can be considered an
 	 * exception to the rule. */
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock_full(inode, NULL, &bh, 1,
-				      OCFS2_META_LOCK_RECOVERY);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock_full(inode, &bh, 1, OCFS2_META_LOCK_RECOVERY);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ERESTARTSYS)
 			mlog(ML_ERROR, "Could not get lock on journal!\n");
@@ -1022,8 +1021,7 @@
 	}
 	SET_INODE_JOURNAL(inode);
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock_full(inode, NULL, &bh, 1,
-				      OCFS2_META_LOCK_RECOVERY);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock_full(inode, &bh, 1, OCFS2_META_LOCK_RECOVERY);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog(0, "status returned from ocfs2_meta_lock=%d\n", status);
 		if (status != -ERESTARTSYS)
@@ -1212,7 +1210,7 @@
 	SET_INODE_JOURNAL(inode);
 
 	flags = OCFS2_META_LOCK_RECOVERY | OCFS2_META_LOCK_NOQUEUE;
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock_full(inode, NULL, NULL, 1, flags);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock_full(inode, NULL, 1, flags);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -EAGAIN)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1295,7 +1293,7 @@
 	}	
 
 	mutex_lock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(orphan_dir_inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(orphan_dir_inode, NULL, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index 869383e..4c46c0a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&main_bm_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(main_bm_inode, NULL, &main_bm_bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(main_bm_inode, &main_bm_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out_mutex;
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&main_bm_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(main_bm_inode, NULL, &main_bm_bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(main_bm_inode, &main_bm_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out_mutex;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 8d03ef4..daf7060 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 	mlog(0, "find name %.*s in directory %llu\n", dentry->d_name.len,
 	     dentry->d_name.name, (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno);
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, NULL, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 	/* get our super block */
 	osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, NULL, &parent_fe_bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, &parent_fe_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	err = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, NULL, &parent_fe_bh, 1);
+	err = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, &parent_fe_bh, 1);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		if (err != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(err);
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	err = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, &fe_bh, 1);
+	err = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, &fe_bh, 1);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		if (err != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(err);
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, NULL, &parent_node_bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, &parent_node_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, &fe_bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, &fe_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@
 			inode1 = tmpinode;
 		}
 		/* lock id2 */
-		status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode2, NULL, bh2, 1);
+		status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode2, bh2, 1);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			if (status != -ENOENT)
 				mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* lock id1 */
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode1, NULL, bh1, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode1, bh1, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		/*
 		 * An error return must mean that no cluster locks
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@
 	 * the vote thread on other nodes won't have to concurrently
 	 * downconvert the inode and the dentry locks.
 	 */
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(old_inode, NULL, NULL, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(old_inode, NULL, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@
 			goto bail;
 		}
 
-		status = ocfs2_meta_lock(new_inode, NULL, &newfe_bh, 1);
+		status = ocfs2_meta_lock(new_inode, &newfe_bh, 1);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			if (status != -ENOENT)
 				mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@
 	credits = ocfs2_calc_symlink_credits(sb);
 
 	/* lock the parent directory */
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, NULL, &parent_fe_bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, &parent_fe_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(orphan_dir_inode, NULL, &orphan_dir_bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(orphan_dir_inode, &orphan_dir_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index 31bda54..27f8dc4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&alloc_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(alloc_inode, NULL, &bh, 1);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(alloc_inode, &bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mutex_unlock(&alloc_inode->i_mutex);
 		iput(alloc_inode);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 290d531..d9b1eb6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, &bh, 0);
+	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, &bh, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;