diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index 05dd292bfdb6..71a729e29260 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -139,83 +139,6 @@ xfs_inode_free(
 	__xfs_inode_free(ip);
 }
 
-static void
-xfs_perag_set_reclaim_tag(
-	struct xfs_perag	*pag)
-{
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp = pag->pag_mount;
-
-	lockdep_assert_held(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
-	if (pag->pag_ici_reclaimable++)
-		return;
-
-	/* propagate the reclaim tag up into the perag radix tree */
-	spin_lock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
-	radix_tree_tag_set(&mp->m_perag_tree, pag->pag_agno,
-			   XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
-	spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
-
-	trace_xfs_perag_set_reclaim(mp, pag->pag_agno, -1, _RET_IP_);
-}
-
-static void
-xfs_perag_clear_reclaim_tag(
-	struct xfs_perag	*pag)
-{
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp = pag->pag_mount;
-
-	lockdep_assert_held(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
-	if (--pag->pag_ici_reclaimable)
-		return;
-
-	/* clear the reclaim tag from the perag radix tree */
-	spin_lock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
-	radix_tree_tag_clear(&mp->m_perag_tree, pag->pag_agno,
-			     XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
-	spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
-	trace_xfs_perag_clear_reclaim(mp, pag->pag_agno, -1, _RET_IP_);
-}
-
-
-/*
- * We set the inode flag atomically with the radix tree tag.
- * Once we get tag lookups on the radix tree, this inode flag
- * can go away.
- */
-void
-xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(
-	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
-{
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
-	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
-
-	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ip->i_ino));
-	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
-	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-
-	radix_tree_tag_set(&pag->pag_ici_root, XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(mp, ip->i_ino),
-			   XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
-	xfs_perag_set_reclaim_tag(pag);
-	__xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE);
-
-	list_lru_add(&mp->m_inode_lru, &VFS_I(ip)->i_lru);
-
-	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
-	xfs_perag_put(pag);
-}
-
-STATIC void
-xfs_inode_clear_reclaim_tag(
-	struct xfs_perag	*pag,
-	xfs_ino_t		ino)
-{
-	radix_tree_tag_clear(&pag->pag_ici_root,
-			     XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(pag->pag_mount, ino),
-			     XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
-	xfs_perag_clear_reclaim_tag(pag);
-}
-
 static void
 xfs_inew_wait(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
@@ -397,18 +320,16 @@ xfs_iget_cache_hit(
 			goto out_error;
 		}
 
-		spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
-		spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 
 		/*
 		 * Clear the per-lifetime state in the inode as we are now
 		 * effectively a new inode and need to return to the initial
 		 * state before reuse occurs.
 		 */
+		spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 		ip->i_flags &= ~XFS_IRECLAIM_RESET_FLAGS;
 		ip->i_flags |= XFS_INEW;
 		list_lru_del(&mp->m_inode_lru, &inode->i_lru);
-		xfs_inode_clear_reclaim_tag(pag, ip->i_ino);
 		inode->i_state = I_NEW;
 		ip->i_sick = 0;
 		ip->i_checked = 0;
@@ -417,7 +338,6 @@ xfs_iget_cache_hit(
 		init_rwsem(&inode->i_rwsem);
 
 		spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	} else {
 		/* If the VFS inode is being torn down, pause and try again. */
 		if (!igrab(inode)) {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
index 86e858e4a281..ec646b9e88b7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ struct xfs_eofblocks {
  */
 #define XFS_ICI_NO_TAG		(-1)	/* special flag for an untagged lookup
 					   in xfs_inode_ag_iterator */
-#define XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG	0	/* inode is to be reclaimed */
-#define XFS_ICI_EOFBLOCKS_TAG	1	/* inode has blocks beyond EOF */
-#define XFS_ICI_COWBLOCKS_TAG	2	/* inode can have cow blocks to gc */
+#define XFS_ICI_EOFBLOCKS_TAG	0	/* inode has blocks beyond EOF */
+#define XFS_ICI_COWBLOCKS_TAG	1	/* inode can have cow blocks to gc */
 
 /*
  * Flags for xfs_iget()
@@ -68,8 +67,6 @@ enum lru_status xfs_inode_reclaim_isolate(struct list_head *item,
 void xfs_dispose_inodes(struct list_head *freeable);
 void xfs_reclaim_all_inodes(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 
-void xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(struct xfs_inode *ip);
-
 void xfs_inode_set_eofblocks_tag(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 void xfs_inode_clear_eofblocks_tag(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 int xfs_icache_free_eofblocks(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_eofblocks *);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 5f3fd1d8f63f..9d60a4e033a0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ xfs_free_perag(
 		ASSERT(atomic_read(&pag->pag_ref) == 0);
 		xfs_iunlink_destroy(pag);
 		xfs_buf_hash_destroy(pag);
-		mutex_destroy(&pag->pag_ici_reclaim_lock);
 		call_rcu(&pag->rcu_head, __xfs_free_perag);
 	}
 }
@@ -200,7 +199,6 @@ xfs_initialize_perag(
 		pag->pag_agno = index;
 		pag->pag_mount = mp;
 		spin_lock_init(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
-		mutex_init(&pag->pag_ici_reclaim_lock);
 		INIT_RADIX_TREE(&pag->pag_ici_root, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (xfs_buf_hash_init(pag))
 			goto out_free_pag;
@@ -242,7 +240,6 @@ xfs_initialize_perag(
 out_hash_destroy:
 	xfs_buf_hash_destroy(pag);
 out_free_pag:
-	mutex_destroy(&pag->pag_ici_reclaim_lock);
 	kmem_free(pag);
 out_unwind_new_pags:
 	/* unwind any prior newly initialized pags */
@@ -252,7 +249,6 @@ xfs_initialize_perag(
 			break;
 		xfs_buf_hash_destroy(pag);
 		xfs_iunlink_destroy(pag);
-		mutex_destroy(&pag->pag_ici_reclaim_lock);
 		kmem_free(pag);
 	}
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index 4f153ee17e18..dea05cd867bf 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -343,9 +343,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_perag {
 
 	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 */
-	unsigned long	pag_ici_reclaim_cursor;	/* reclaim restart point */
 
 	/* buffer cache index */
 	spinlock_t	pag_buf_lock;	/* lock for pag_buf_hash */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 096ae31b5436..d2200fbce139 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -916,7 +916,6 @@ xfs_fs_destroy_inode(
 	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 	ASSERT_ALWAYS(!__xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE));
 	ASSERT_ALWAYS(!__xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IRECLAIM));
-	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We always use background reclaim here because even if the
@@ -925,7 +924,9 @@ xfs_fs_destroy_inode(
 	 * this more efficiently than we can here, so simply let background
 	 * reclaim tear down all inodes.
 	 */
-	xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(ip);
+	__xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE);
+	list_lru_add(&mp->m_inode_lru, &VFS_I(ip)->i_lru);
+	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 }
 
 static void
