diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
index 4e268ed..71e615f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -1076,17 +1076,6 @@
 
 }
 
-void
-xfs_dqunlock(
-	xfs_dquot_t *dqp)
-{
-	xfs_dqunlock_nonotify(dqp);
-	if (dqp->q_logitem.qli_dquot == dqp) {
-		xfs_trans_unlocked_item(dqp->q_logitem.qli_item.li_ailp,
-					&dqp->q_logitem.qli_item);
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * Lock two xfs_dquot structures.
  *
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h
index 48a795b..60b0d72 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 	mutex_lock(&dqp->q_qlock);
 }
 
-static inline void xfs_dqunlock_nonotify(struct xfs_dquot *dqp)
+static inline void xfs_dqunlock(struct xfs_dquot *dqp)
 {
 	mutex_unlock(&dqp->q_qlock);
 }
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@
 extern void		xfs_qm_dqput(xfs_dquot_t *);
 
 extern void		xfs_dqlock2(struct xfs_dquot *, struct xfs_dquot *);
-extern void		xfs_dqunlock(struct xfs_dquot *);
 extern void		xfs_dqflock_pushbuf_wait(struct xfs_dquot *dqp);
 
 static inline struct xfs_dquot *xfs_qm_dqhold(struct xfs_dquot *dqp)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index 8c3e463..19dcfb2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -642,8 +642,7 @@
 	       (XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED | XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL));
 	ASSERT((lock_flags & (XFS_ILOCK_SHARED | XFS_ILOCK_EXCL)) !=
 	       (XFS_ILOCK_SHARED | XFS_ILOCK_EXCL));
-	ASSERT((lock_flags & ~(XFS_LOCK_MASK | XFS_IUNLOCK_NONOTIFY |
-			XFS_LOCK_DEP_MASK)) == 0);
+	ASSERT((lock_flags & ~(XFS_LOCK_MASK | XFS_LOCK_DEP_MASK)) == 0);
 	ASSERT(lock_flags != 0);
 
 	if (lock_flags & XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL)
@@ -656,16 +655,6 @@
 	else if (lock_flags & XFS_ILOCK_SHARED)
 		mrunlock_shared(&ip->i_lock);
 
-	if ((lock_flags & (XFS_ILOCK_SHARED | XFS_ILOCK_EXCL)) &&
-	    !(lock_flags & XFS_IUNLOCK_NONOTIFY) && ip->i_itemp) {
-		/*
-		 * Let the AIL know that this item has been unlocked in case
-		 * it is in the AIL and anyone is waiting on it.  Don't do
-		 * this if the caller has asked us not to.
-		 */
-		xfs_trans_unlocked_item(ip->i_itemp->ili_item.li_ailp,
-					(xfs_log_item_t*)(ip->i_itemp));
-	}
 	trace_xfs_iunlock(ip, lock_flags, _RET_IP_);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index 2f27b74..eda4937 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@
 #define	XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED	(1<<1)
 #define	XFS_ILOCK_EXCL		(1<<2)
 #define	XFS_ILOCK_SHARED	(1<<3)
-#define	XFS_IUNLOCK_NONOTIFY	(1<<4)
 
 #define XFS_LOCK_MASK		(XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL | XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED \
 				| XFS_ILOCK_EXCL | XFS_ILOCK_SHARED)
@@ -431,8 +430,7 @@
 	{ XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL,	"IOLOCK_EXCL" }, \
 	{ XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED,	"IOLOCK_SHARED" }, \
 	{ XFS_ILOCK_EXCL,	"ILOCK_EXCL" }, \
-	{ XFS_ILOCK_SHARED,	"ILOCK_SHARED" }, \
-	{ XFS_IUNLOCK_NONOTIFY,	"IUNLOCK_NONOTIFY" }
+	{ XFS_ILOCK_SHARED,	"ILOCK_SHARED" }
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index 91d71dc..adc8a261 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -596,11 +596,7 @@
 	/* Stale items should force out the iclog */
 	if (ip->i_flags & XFS_ISTALE) {
 		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
-		/*
-		 * we hold the AIL lock - notify the unlock routine of this
-		 * so it doesn't try to get the lock again.
-		 */
-		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED|XFS_IUNLOCK_NONOTIFY);
+		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 		return XFS_ITEM_PINNED;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
index c923495..9d5fc08 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
@@ -611,50 +611,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * This is to be called when an item is unlocked that may have
- * been in the AIL.  It will wake up the first member of the AIL
- * wait list if this item's unlocking might allow it to progress.
- * If the item is in the AIL, then we need to get the AIL lock
- * while doing our checking so we don't race with someone going
- * to sleep waiting for this event in xfs_trans_push_ail().
- */
-void
-xfs_trans_unlocked_item(
-	struct xfs_ail	*ailp,
-	xfs_log_item_t	*lip)
-{
-	xfs_log_item_t	*min_lip;
-
-	/*
-	 * If we're forcibly shutting down, we may have
-	 * unlocked log items arbitrarily. The last thing
-	 * we want to do is to move the tail of the log
-	 * over some potentially valid data.
-	 */
-	if (!(lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) ||
-	    XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ailp->xa_mount)) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * This is the one case where we can call into xfs_ail_min()
-	 * without holding the AIL lock because we only care about the
-	 * case where we are at the tail of the AIL.  If the object isn't
-	 * at the tail, it doesn't matter what result we get back.  This
-	 * is slightly racy because since we were just unlocked, we could
-	 * go to sleep between the call to xfs_ail_min and the call to
-	 * xfs_log_space_wake, have someone else lock us, commit to us disk,
-	 * move us out of the tail of the AIL, and then we wake up.  However,
-	 * the call to xfs_log_space_wake() doesn't do anything if there's
-	 * not enough free space to wake people up so we're safe calling it.
-	 */
-	min_lip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
-
-	if (min_lip == lip)
-		xfs_log_space_wake(ailp->xa_mount, true);
-}	/* xfs_trans_unlocked_item */
-
-/*
  * xfs_trans_ail_update - bulk AIL insertion operation.
  *
  * @xfs_trans_ail_update takes an array of log items that all need to be
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
index 475a4de..1302d1d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
@@ -463,19 +463,7 @@
 	 * Default to a normal brelse() call if the tp is NULL.
 	 */
 	if (tp == NULL) {
-		struct xfs_log_item	*lip = bp->b_fspriv;
-
 		ASSERT(bp->b_transp == NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If there's a buf log item attached to the buffer,
-		 * then let the AIL know that the buffer is being
-		 * unlocked.
-		 */
-		if (lip != NULL && lip->li_type == XFS_LI_BUF) {
-			bip = bp->b_fspriv;
-			xfs_trans_unlocked_item(bip->bli_item.li_ailp, lip);
-		}
 		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -550,21 +538,10 @@
 		ASSERT(!(bip->bli_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL));
 		ASSERT(!(bip->bli_flags & XFS_BLI_INODE_ALLOC_BUF));
 		xfs_buf_item_relse(bp);
-		bip = NULL;
 	}
+
 	bp->b_transp = NULL;
-
-	/*
-	 * If we've still got a buf log item on the buffer, then
-	 * tell the AIL that the buffer is being unlocked.
-	 */
-	if (bip != NULL) {
-		xfs_trans_unlocked_item(bip->bli_item.li_ailp,
-					(xfs_log_item_t*)bip);
-	}
-
 	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-	return;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
index 44820b9..8ab2ced 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@
 void			xfs_ail_push_all(struct xfs_ail *);
 xfs_lsn_t		xfs_ail_min_lsn(struct xfs_ail *ailp);
 
-void			xfs_trans_unlocked_item(struct xfs_ail *,
-					xfs_log_item_t *);
-
 struct xfs_log_item *	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(struct xfs_ail *ailp,
 					struct xfs_ail_cursor *cur,
 					xfs_lsn_t lsn);