static loff_t nfs_file_llseek(struct file *filp, loff_t offset, int origin)
 {
-       loff_t loff;
-
        dprintk("NFS: llseek file(%s/%s, %lld, %d)\n",
                        filp->f_path.dentry->d_parent->d_name.name,
                        filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
                int retval = nfs_revalidate_file_size(inode, filp);
                if (retval < 0)
                        return (loff_t)retval;
+       }
 
-               /* AK: should drop this lock. Unlikely to be needed. */
-               spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-               loff = generic_file_llseek(filp, offset, origin);
-               spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-       } else
-               loff = generic_file_llseek(filp, offset, origin);
-       return loff;
+       return generic_file_llseek(filp, offset, origin);
 }
 
 /*