diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index fd38682..a02480d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -620,12 +620,12 @@
 	struct xfs_perag *pag;
 
 	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ip->i_ino));
-	write_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 	__xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(pag, ip);
 	__xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE);
 	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-	write_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 }
 
@@ -833,12 +833,12 @@
 	 * added to the tree assert that it's been there before to catch
 	 * problems with the inode life time early on.
 	 */
-	write_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	if (!radix_tree_delete(&pag->pag_ici_root,
 				XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(ip->i_mount, ip->i_ino)))
 		ASSERT(0);
 	__xfs_inode_clear_reclaim(pag, ip);
-	write_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Here we do an (almost) spurious inode lock in order to coordinate