diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rename.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rename.c
index 10642fcbb1f7..86471bb40fd4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rename.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rename.c
@@ -41,31 +41,6 @@
 #include "xfs_vnodeops.h"
 
 
-/*
- * Given an array of up to 4 inode pointers, unlock the pointed to inodes.
- * If there are fewer than 4 entries in the array, the empty entries will
- * be at the end and will have NULL pointers in them.
- */
-STATIC void
-xfs_rename_unlock4(
-	xfs_inode_t	**i_tab,
-	uint		lock_mode)
-{
-	int	i;
-
-	xfs_iunlock(i_tab[0], lock_mode);
-	for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
-		if (i_tab[i] == NULL)
-			break;
-
-		/*
-		 * Watch out for duplicate entries in the table.
-		 */
-		if (i_tab[i] != i_tab[i-1])
-			xfs_iunlock(i_tab[i], lock_mode);
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * Enter all inodes for a rename transaction into a sorted array.
  */
@@ -204,19 +179,6 @@ xfs_rename(
 	 */
 	xfs_lock_inodes(inodes, num_inodes, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
-	/*
-	 * If we are using project inheritance, we only allow renames
-	 * into our tree when the project IDs are the same; else the
-	 * tree quota mechanism would be circumvented.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely((target_dp->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_PROJINHERIT) &&
-		     (target_dp->i_d.di_projid != src_ip->i_d.di_projid))) {
-		error = XFS_ERROR(EXDEV);
-		xfs_rename_unlock4(inodes, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_trans_cancel(tp, cancel_flags);
-		goto std_return;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Join all the inodes to the transaction. From this point on,
 	 * we can rely on either trans_commit or trans_cancel to unlock
@@ -241,6 +203,17 @@ xfs_rename(
 		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, target_ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If we are using project inheritance, we only allow renames
+	 * into our tree when the project IDs are the same; else the
+	 * tree quota mechanism would be circumvented.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((target_dp->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_PROJINHERIT) &&
+		     (target_dp->i_d.di_projid != src_ip->i_d.di_projid))) {
+		error = XFS_ERROR(EXDEV);
+		goto error_return;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Set up the target.
 	 */