diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index e56b1bd99537..4e011adaf967 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -997,13 +997,9 @@ static loff_t nfs_llseek_dir(struct file *filp, loff_t offset, int whence)
 static int nfs_fsync_dir(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 			 int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
-
 	dfprintk(FILE, "NFS: fsync dir(%pD2) datasync %d\n", filp, datasync);
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
-	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSFSYNC);
-	inode_unlock(inode);
+	nfs_inc_stats(file_inode(filp), NFSIOS_VFSFSYNC);
 	return 0;
 }