diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index f44a367907a8..75df75f43d48 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -741,30 +741,24 @@ xfs_ilock_demote(
 }
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-/*
- * Debug-only routine, without additional rw_semaphore APIs, we can
- * now only answer requests regarding whether we hold the lock for write
- * (reader state is outside our visibility, we only track writer state).
- *
- * Note: this means !xfs_isilocked would give false positives, so don't do that.
- */
 int
 xfs_isilocked(
 	xfs_inode_t		*ip,
 	uint			lock_flags)
 {
-	if ((lock_flags & (XFS_ILOCK_EXCL|XFS_ILOCK_SHARED)) ==
-			XFS_ILOCK_EXCL) {
-		if (!ip->i_lock.mr_writer)
-			return 0;
+	if (lock_flags & (XFS_ILOCK_EXCL|XFS_ILOCK_SHARED)) {
+		if (!(lock_flags & XFS_ILOCK_SHARED))
+			return !!ip->i_lock.mr_writer;
+		return rwsem_is_locked(&ip->i_lock.mr_lock);
 	}
 
-	if ((lock_flags & (XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL|XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED)) ==
-			XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL) {
-		if (!ip->i_iolock.mr_writer)
-			return 0;
+	if (lock_flags & (XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL|XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED)) {
+		if (!(lock_flags & XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED))
+			return !!ip->i_iolock.mr_writer;
+		return rwsem_is_locked(&ip->i_iolock.mr_lock);
 	}
 
-	return 1;
+	ASSERT(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 #endif