else {
                error = security_inode_unlink(dir, dentry);
                if (!error) {
-                       error = break_deleg(target, O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK);
-                       if (error) {
-                               if (error == -EWOULDBLOCK && delegated_inode) {
-                                       *delegated_inode = target;
-                                       ihold(target);
-                               }
+                       error = try_break_deleg(target, delegated_inode);
+                       if (error)
                                goto out;
-                       }
                        error = dir->i_op->unlink(dir, dentry);
                        if (!error)
                                dont_mount(dentry);
                iput(inode);    /* truncate the inode here */
        inode = NULL;
        if (delegated_inode) {
-               error = break_deleg(delegated_inode, O_WRONLY);
-               iput(delegated_inode);
-               delegated_inode = NULL;
+               error = break_deleg_wait(&delegated_inode);
                if (!error)
                        goto retry_deleg;
        }
 
 
 extern int current_umask(void);
 
+extern void ihold(struct inode * inode);
+extern void iput(struct inode *);
+
 /* /sys/fs */
 extern struct kobject *fs_kobj;
 
        return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int try_break_deleg(struct inode *inode, struct inode **delegated_inode)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = break_deleg(inode, O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK);
+       if (ret == -EWOULDBLOCK && delegated_inode) {
+               *delegated_inode = inode;
+               ihold(inode);
+       }
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static inline int break_deleg_wait(struct inode **delegated_inode)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = break_deleg(*delegated_inode, O_WRONLY);
+       iput(*delegated_inode);
+       *delegated_inode = NULL;
+       return ret;
+}
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING */
 static inline int locks_mandatory_locked(struct inode *inode)
 {
 {
        return 0;
 }
+
+static inline int try_break_deleg(struct inode *inode, struct inode **delegated_inode)
+{
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int break_deleg_wait(struct inode **delegated_inode)
+{
+       BUG();
+       return 0;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING */
 
 /* fs/open.c */
 extern int inode_init_always(struct super_block *, struct inode *);
 extern void inode_init_once(struct inode *);
 extern void address_space_init_once(struct address_space *mapping);
-extern void ihold(struct inode * inode);
-extern void iput(struct inode *);
 extern struct inode * igrab(struct inode *);
 extern ino_t iunique(struct super_block *, ino_t);
 extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode);