diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index a82a93db67c2..25b6903a3bce 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -999,7 +999,6 @@ xfs_fs_inode_init_once(
 
 	mrlock_init(&ip->i_lock, MRLOCK_ALLOW_EQUAL_PRI|MRLOCK_BARRIER,
 		     "xfsino", ip->i_ino);
-	mrlock_init(&ip->i_iolock, MRLOCK_BARRIER, "xfsio", ip->i_ino);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1101,6 +1100,20 @@ xfs_fs_clear_inode(
 	XFS_STATS_INC(vn_remove);
 	XFS_STATS_DEC(vn_active);
 
+	/*
+	 * The iolock is used by the file system to coordinate reads,
+	 * writes, and block truncates.  Up to this point the lock
+	 * protected concurrent accesses by users of the inode.  But
+	 * from here forward we're doing some final processing of the
+	 * inode because we're done with it, and although we reuse the
+	 * iolock for protection it is really a distinct lock class
+	 * (in the lockdep sense) from before.  To keep lockdep happy
+	 * (and basically indicate what we are doing), we explicitly
+	 * re-init the iolock here.
+	 */
+	ASSERT(!rwsem_is_locked(&ip->i_iolock.mr_lock));
+	mrlock_init(&ip->i_iolock, MRLOCK_BARRIER, "xfsio", ip->i_ino);
+
 	xfs_inactive(ip);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index 80e526489be5..cc72c561ff52 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ xfs_inode_alloc(
 	ASSERT(atomic_read(&ip->i_pincount) == 0);
 	ASSERT(!spin_is_locked(&ip->i_flags_lock));
 	ASSERT(completion_done(&ip->i_flush));
+	ASSERT(!rwsem_is_locked(&ip->i_iolock.mr_lock));
+
+	mrlock_init(&ip->i_iolock, MRLOCK_BARRIER, "xfsio", ip->i_ino);
 
 	/* initialise the xfs inode */
 	ip->i_ino = ino;