diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index 0d3a97d2d5f6..e2e05a106beb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include "dlmglue.h"
 #include "file.h"
 #include "inode.h"
-#include "super.h"
 #include "ocfs2_trace.h"
 
 void ocfs2_dentry_attach_gen(struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -346,52 +345,6 @@ out_attach:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dentry_list_lock);
-
-/* We limit the number of dentry locks to drop in one go. We have
- * this limit so that we don't starve other users of ocfs2_wq. */
-#define DL_INODE_DROP_COUNT 64
-
-/* Drop inode references from dentry locks */
-static void __ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int drop_count)
-{
-	struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl;
-
-	spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
-	while (osb->dentry_lock_list && (drop_count < 0 || drop_count--)) {
-		dl = osb->dentry_lock_list;
-		osb->dentry_lock_list = dl->dl_next;
-		spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
-		iput(dl->dl_inode);
-		kfree(dl);
-		spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
-}
-
-void ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = container_of(work, struct ocfs2_super,
-					       dentry_lock_work);
-
-	__ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(osb, DL_INODE_DROP_COUNT);
-	/*
-	 * Don't queue dropping if umount is in progress. We flush the
-	 * list in ocfs2_dismount_volume
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
-	if (osb->dentry_lock_list &&
-	    !ocfs2_test_osb_flag(osb, OCFS2_OSB_DROP_DENTRY_LOCK_IMMED))
-		queue_work(ocfs2_wq, &osb->dentry_lock_work);
-	spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
-}
-
-/* Flush the whole work queue */
-void ocfs2_drop_all_dl_inodes(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
-{
-	__ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(osb, -1);
-}
-
 /*
  * ocfs2_dentry_iput() and friends.
  *
@@ -416,24 +369,16 @@ void ocfs2_drop_all_dl_inodes(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 static void ocfs2_drop_dentry_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				   struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl)
 {
+	iput(dl->dl_inode);
 	ocfs2_simple_drop_lockres(osb, &dl->dl_lockres);
 	ocfs2_lock_res_free(&dl->dl_lockres);
-
-	/* We leave dropping of inode reference to ocfs2_wq as that can
-	 * possibly lead to inode deletion which gets tricky */
-	spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
-	if (!osb->dentry_lock_list &&
-	    !ocfs2_test_osb_flag(osb, OCFS2_OSB_DROP_DENTRY_LOCK_IMMED))
-		queue_work(ocfs2_wq, &osb->dentry_lock_work);
-	dl->dl_next = osb->dentry_lock_list;
-	osb->dentry_lock_list = dl;
-	spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
+	kfree(dl);
 }
 
 void ocfs2_dentry_lock_put(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			   struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl)
 {
-	int unlock;
+	int unlock = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(dl->dl_count == 0);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
index b79eff709958..55f58892b153 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
@@ -29,13 +29,8 @@
 extern const struct dentry_operations ocfs2_dentry_ops;
 
 struct ocfs2_dentry_lock {
-	/* Use count of dentry lock */
 	unsigned int		dl_count;
-	union {
-		/* Linked list of dentry locks to release */
-		struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl_next;
-		u64			dl_parent_blkno;
-	};
+	u64			dl_parent_blkno;
 
 	/*
 	 * The ocfs2_dentry_lock keeps an inode reference until
@@ -49,14 +44,9 @@ struct ocfs2_dentry_lock {
 int ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 			     u64 parent_blkno);
 
-extern spinlock_t dentry_list_lock;
-
 void ocfs2_dentry_lock_put(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			   struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl);
 
-void ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct work_struct *work);
-void ocfs2_drop_all_dl_inodes(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
-
 struct dentry *ocfs2_find_local_alias(struct inode *inode, u64 parent_blkno,
 				      int skip_unhashed);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index 64c02239ba46..a780e20d4fba 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -275,19 +275,16 @@ enum ocfs2_mount_options
 	OCFS2_MOUNT_HB_GLOBAL = 1 << 14, /* Global heartbeat */
 };
 
-#define OCFS2_OSB_SOFT_RO			0x0001
-#define OCFS2_OSB_HARD_RO			0x0002
-#define OCFS2_OSB_ERROR_FS			0x0004
-#define OCFS2_OSB_DROP_DENTRY_LOCK_IMMED	0x0008
-
-#define OCFS2_DEFAULT_ATIME_QUANTUM		60
+#define OCFS2_OSB_SOFT_RO	0x0001
+#define OCFS2_OSB_HARD_RO	0x0002
+#define OCFS2_OSB_ERROR_FS	0x0004
+#define OCFS2_DEFAULT_ATIME_QUANTUM	60
 
 struct ocfs2_journal;
 struct ocfs2_slot_info;
 struct ocfs2_recovery_map;
 struct ocfs2_replay_map;
 struct ocfs2_quota_recovery;
-struct ocfs2_dentry_lock;
 struct ocfs2_super
 {
 	struct task_struct *commit_task;
@@ -415,11 +412,6 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	struct list_head blocked_lock_list;
 	unsigned long blocked_lock_count;
 
-	/* List of dentry locks to release. Anyone can add locks to
-	 * the list, ocfs2_wq processes the list  */
-	struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dentry_lock_list;
-	struct work_struct dentry_lock_work;
-
 	/* List of dquot structures to drop last reference to */
 	struct llist_head dquot_drop_list;
 	struct work_struct dquot_drop_work;
@@ -584,18 +576,6 @@ static inline void ocfs2_set_osb_flag(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
 }
 
-
-static inline unsigned long  ocfs2_test_osb_flag(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-						 unsigned long flag)
-{
-	unsigned long ret;
-
-	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
-	ret = osb->osb_flags & flag;
-	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static inline void ocfs2_set_ro_flag(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				     int hard)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 0a8972deae2b..5597e42eae54 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1238,30 +1238,11 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	return mount_bdev(fs_type, flags, dev_name, data, ocfs2_fill_super);
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
-
-	/* Failed mount? */
-	if (!osb || atomic_read(&osb->vol_state) == VOLUME_DISABLED)
-		goto out;
-
-	/* Prevent further queueing of inode drop events */
-	spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
-	ocfs2_set_osb_flag(osb, OCFS2_OSB_DROP_DENTRY_LOCK_IMMED);
-	spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
-	/* Wait for work to finish and/or remove it */
-	cancel_work_sync(&osb->dentry_lock_work);
-out:
-	kill_block_super(sb);
-}
-
 static struct file_system_type ocfs2_fs_type = {
 	.owner          = THIS_MODULE,
 	.name           = "ocfs2",
 	.mount          = ocfs2_mount,
-	.kill_sb        = ocfs2_kill_sb,
-
+	.kill_sb        = kill_block_super,
 	.fs_flags       = FS_REQUIRES_DEV|FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE,
 	.next           = NULL
 };
@@ -1932,12 +1913,6 @@ static void ocfs2_dismount_volume(struct super_block *sb, int mnt_err)
 
 	debugfs_remove(osb->osb_ctxt);
 
-	/*
-	 * Flush inode dropping work queue so that deletes are
-	 * performed while the filesystem is still working
-	 */
-	ocfs2_drop_all_dl_inodes(osb);
-
 	/* Orphan scan should be stopped as early as possible */
 	ocfs2_orphan_scan_stop(osb);
 
@@ -2281,9 +2256,6 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	INIT_WORK(&journal->j_recovery_work, ocfs2_complete_recovery);
 	journal->j_state = OCFS2_JOURNAL_FREE;
 
-	INIT_WORK(&osb->dentry_lock_work, ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes);
-	osb->dentry_lock_list = NULL;
-
 	INIT_WORK(&osb->dquot_drop_work, ocfs2_drop_dquot_refs);
 	init_llist_head(&osb->dquot_drop_list);
 
