diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 5d129ab..19750bc 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -757,10 +757,7 @@
 	unsigned int sd_replayed_blocks;
 
 	/* For quiescing the filesystem */
-
 	struct gfs2_holder sd_freeze_gh;
-	struct mutex sd_freeze_lock;
-	unsigned int sd_freeze_count;
 
 	char sd_fsname[GFS2_FSNAME_LEN];
 	char sd_table_name[GFS2_FSNAME_LEN];
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 0e3554e..5f5aba5 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdp->sd_revoke_list);
 
-	mutex_init(&sdp->sd_freeze_lock);
-
 	return sdp;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index 4dfda4c..c075b62 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -663,54 +663,6 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-/**
- * gfs2_freeze_fs - freezes the file system
- * @sdp: the file system
- *
- * This function flushes data and meta data for all machines by
- * acquiring the transaction log exclusively.  All journals are
- * ensured to be in a clean state as well.
- *
- * Returns: errno
- */
-
-int gfs2_freeze_fs(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
-{
-	int error = 0;
-
-	mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_freeze_lock);
-
-	if (!sdp->sd_freeze_count++) {
-		error = gfs2_lock_fs_check_clean(sdp, &sdp->sd_freeze_gh);
-		if (error)
-			sdp->sd_freeze_count--;
-	}
-
-	mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_freeze_lock);
-
-	return error;
-}
-
-/**
- * gfs2_unfreeze_fs - unfreezes the file system
- * @sdp: the file system
- *
- * This function allows the file system to proceed by unlocking
- * the exclusively held transaction lock.  Other GFS2 nodes are
- * now free to acquire the lock shared and go on with their lives.
- *
- */
-
-void gfs2_unfreeze_fs(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
-{
-	mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_freeze_lock);
-
-	if (sdp->sd_freeze_count && !--sdp->sd_freeze_count)
-		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&sdp->sd_freeze_gh);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_freeze_lock);
-}
-
 void gfs2_dinode_out(const struct gfs2_inode *ip, void *buf)
 {
 	struct gfs2_dinode *str = buf;
@@ -888,13 +840,6 @@
 	int error;
 	struct gfs2_jdesc *jd;
 
-	/*  Unfreeze the filesystem, if we need to  */
-
-	mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_freeze_lock);
-	if (sdp->sd_freeze_count)
-		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&sdp->sd_freeze_gh);
-	mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_freeze_lock);
-
 	/* No more recovery requests */
 	set_bit(SDF_NORECOVERY, &sdp->sd_flags);
 	smp_mb();
@@ -985,7 +930,7 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for (;;) {
-		error = gfs2_freeze_fs(sdp);
+		error = gfs2_lock_fs_check_clean(sdp, &sdp->sd_freeze_gh);
 		if (!error)
 			break;
 
@@ -1013,7 +958,9 @@
 
 static int gfs2_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	gfs2_unfreeze_fs(sb->s_fs_info);
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&sdp->sd_freeze_gh);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.h b/fs/gfs2/super.h
index a046468..90e3322 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.h
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
 			  struct buffer_head *l_bh);
 extern int gfs2_statfs_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type);
 
-extern int gfs2_freeze_fs(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
-extern void gfs2_unfreeze_fs(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
-
 extern struct file_system_type gfs2_fs_type;
 extern struct file_system_type gfs2meta_fs_type;
 extern const struct export_operations gfs2_export_ops;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/sys.c b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
index 8056b7b..462e841 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/sys.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
@@ -91,19 +91,15 @@
 
 static ssize_t freeze_show(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, char *buf)
 {
-	unsigned int count;
+	struct super_block *sb = sdp->sd_vfs;
+	int frozen = (sb->s_writers.frozen == SB_UNFROZEN) ? 0 : 1;
 
-	mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_freeze_lock);
-	count = sdp->sd_freeze_count;
-	mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_freeze_lock);
-
-	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%u\n", count);
+	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%u\n", frozen);
 }
 
 static ssize_t freeze_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-	ssize_t ret = len;
-	int error = 0;
+	int error;
 	int n = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 0);
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
@@ -111,19 +107,21 @@
 
 	switch (n) {
 	case 0:
-		gfs2_unfreeze_fs(sdp);
+		error = thaw_super(sdp->sd_vfs);
 		break;
 	case 1:
-		error = gfs2_freeze_fs(sdp);
+		error = freeze_super(sdp->sd_vfs);
 		break;
 	default:
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (error)
+	if (error) {
 		fs_warn(sdp, "freeze %d error %d", n, error);
+		return error;
+	}
 
-	return ret;
+	return len;
 }
 
 static ssize_t withdraw_show(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, char *buf)