* inode's preallocations.
         */
        if ((ei->i_reserved_data_blocks == 0) &&
-           (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) == 0))
+           !inode_is_open_for_write(inode))
                ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 }
 
 
        isize = (i_size_read(ac->ac_inode) + ac->ac_sb->s_blocksize - 1)
                >> bsbits;
 
-       if ((size == isize) &&
-           !ext4_fs_is_busy(sbi) &&
-           (atomic_read(&ac->ac_inode->i_writecount) == 0)) {
+       if ((size == isize) && !ext4_fs_is_busy(sbi) &&
+           !inode_is_open_for_write(ac->ac_inode)) {
                ac->ac_flags |= EXT4_MB_HINT_NOPREALLOC;
                return;
        }
                        (unsigned) ar->goal, ac->ac_flags, ac->ac_2order,
                        (unsigned) ar->lleft, (unsigned) ar->pleft,
                        (unsigned) ar->lright, (unsigned) ar->pright,
-                       atomic_read(&ar->inode->i_writecount) ? "" : "non-");
+                       inode_is_open_for_write(ar->inode) ? "" : "non-");
        return 0;
 
 }