req = nfs_page_find_request_locked(page);
                if (req == NULL)
                        break;
-               if (nfs_lock_request_dontget(req))
+               if (nfs_lock_request(req))
                        break;
                /* Note: If we hold the page lock, as is the case in nfs_writepage,
-                *       then the call to nfs_lock_request_dontget() will always
+                *       then the call to nfs_lock_request() will always
                 *       succeed provided that someone hasn't already marked the
                 *       request as dirty (in which case we don't care).
                 */
        struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
        /* Lock the request! */
-       nfs_lock_request_dontget(req);
+       nfs_lock_request(req);
 
        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
        if (!nfsi->npages && nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_WRITE))
        list_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp, src, wb_list) {
                if (!nfs_lock_request(req))
                        continue;
+               kref_get(&req->wb_kref);
                if (cond_resched_lock(cinfo->lock))
                        list_safe_reset_next(req, tmp, wb_list);
                nfs_request_remove_commit_list(req, cinfo);
                    || end < req->wb_offset)
                        goto out_flushme;
 
-               if (nfs_lock_request_dontget(req))
+               if (nfs_lock_request(req))
                        break;
 
                /* The request is locked, so wait and then retry */
                req = nfs_page_find_request(page);
                if (req == NULL)
                        break;
-               if (nfs_lock_request_dontget(req)) {
+               if (nfs_lock_request(req)) {
                        nfs_clear_request_commit(req);
                        nfs_inode_remove_request(req);
                        /*
 
 extern void nfs_unlock_request_dont_release(struct nfs_page *req);
 
 /*
- * Lock the page of an asynchronous request without getting a new reference
+ * Lock the page of an asynchronous request
  */
-static inline int
-nfs_lock_request_dontget(struct nfs_page *req)
-{
-       return !test_and_set_bit(PG_BUSY, &req->wb_flags);
-}
-
 static inline int
 nfs_lock_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-       if (test_and_set_bit(PG_BUSY, &req->wb_flags))
-               return 0;
-       kref_get(&req->wb_kref);
-       return 1;
+       return !test_and_set_bit(PG_BUSY, &req->wb_flags);
 }
 
-
 /**
  * nfs_list_add_request - Insert a request into a list
  * @req: request