diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 161444e..130343a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -268,8 +268,7 @@
 		commit_flags = XFS_TRANS_RELEASE_LOG_RES;
 		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
-		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, lock_flags);
-		xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 
 		/*
 		 * Only change the c/mtime if we are changing the size
@@ -319,8 +318,7 @@
 			xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);
 		}
 	} else if (tp) {
-		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, lock_flags);
-		xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -653,10 +651,7 @@
 		}
 
 		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip,
-				XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL |
-				XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 
 		error = xfs_itruncate_finish(&tp, ip,
 					     ip->i_size,
@@ -728,8 +723,7 @@
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL | XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	size = (int)ip->i_d.di_size;
 	ip->i_d.di_size = 0;
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL | XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
 	/*
 	 * Find the block(s) so we can inval and unmap them.
@@ -773,8 +767,7 @@
 	 * Mark it dirty so it will be logged and moved forward in the log as
 	 * part of every commit.
 	 */
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL | XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
 	/*
 	 * Get a new, empty transaction to return to our caller.
@@ -907,8 +900,7 @@
 		goto error_cancel;
 
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL | XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 	xfs_idestroy_fork(ip, XFS_ATTR_FORK);
 
 	ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_anextents == 0);
@@ -1095,8 +1087,7 @@
 		}
 
 		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL | XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 
 		/*
 		 * normally, we have to run xfs_itruncate_finish sync.
@@ -1129,8 +1120,7 @@
 			return VN_INACTIVE_CACHE;
 		}
 
-		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL | XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 	} else {
 		error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0,
 					  XFS_IFREE_LOG_RES(mp),
@@ -1143,8 +1133,7 @@
 		}
 
 		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL | XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL | XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1392,8 +1381,7 @@
 	 * the transaction cancel unlocking dp so don't do it explicitly in the
 	 * error path.
 	 */
-	IHOLD(dp);
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, dp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin_ref(tp, dp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	unlock_dp_on_error = B_FALSE;
 
 	error = xfs_dir_createname(tp, dp, name, ip->i_ino,
@@ -1730,15 +1718,8 @@
 
 	xfs_lock_two_inodes(dp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
-	/*
-	 * At this point, we've gotten both the directory and the entry
-	 * inodes locked.
-	 */
-	IHOLD(ip);
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, dp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-
-	IHOLD(dp);
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin_ref(tp, dp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin_ref(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we're removing a directory perform some additional validation.
@@ -1884,15 +1865,8 @@
 
 	xfs_lock_two_inodes(sip, tdp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
-	/*
-	 * Increment vnode ref counts since xfs_trans_commit &
-	 * xfs_trans_cancel will both unlock the inodes and
-	 * decrement the associated ref counts.
-	 */
-	IHOLD(sip);
-	IHOLD(tdp);
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, sip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, tdp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin_ref(tp, sip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin_ref(tp, tdp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
 	/*
 	 * If the source has too many links, we can't make any more to it.
@@ -2087,8 +2061,7 @@
 	 * transaction cancel unlocking dp so don't do it explicitly in the
 	 * error path.
 	 */
-	IHOLD(dp);
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, dp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin_ref(tp, dp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	unlock_dp_on_error = B_FALSE;
 
 	/*
@@ -2227,13 +2200,12 @@
 		return error;
 	}
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin_ref(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
 	ip->i_d.di_dmevmask = evmask;
 	ip->i_d.di_dmstate  = state;
 
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-	IHOLD(ip);
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
 
 	return error;
@@ -2366,8 +2338,7 @@
 		if (error)
 			goto error1;
 
-		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 
 		/*
 		 * Issue the xfs_bmapi() call to allocate the blocks
@@ -2668,8 +2639,7 @@
 		if (error)
 			goto error1;
 
-		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 
 		/*
 		 * issue the bunmapi() call to free the blocks
@@ -2839,8 +2809,7 @@
 
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 
 	if ((attr_flags & XFS_ATTR_DMI) == 0) {
 		ip->i_d.di_mode &= ~S_ISUID;