diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
index e5026ce..266fde9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
@@ -858,9 +858,7 @@
 					      unsigned int len);
 
 int dlm_is_host_down(int errno);
-void dlm_change_lockres_owner(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
-			      struct dlm_lock_resource *res,
-			      u8 owner);
+
 struct dlm_lock_resource * dlm_get_lock_resource(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 						 const char *lockid,
 						 int namelen,
@@ -1123,6 +1121,23 @@
 	return bit;
 }
 
+static inline void dlm_set_lockres_owner(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
+					 struct dlm_lock_resource *res,
+					 u8 owner)
+{
+	assert_spin_locked(&res->spinlock);
 
+	res->owner = owner;
+}
+
+static inline void dlm_change_lockres_owner(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
+					    struct dlm_lock_resource *res,
+					    u8 owner)
+{
+	assert_spin_locked(&res->spinlock);
+
+	if (owner != res->owner)
+		dlm_set_lockres_owner(dlm, res, owner);
+}
 
 #endif /* DLMCOMMON_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index d70cdd5..d9c5c5a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -511,25 +511,6 @@
 		kmem_cache_destroy(dlm_lockres_cache);
 }
 
-static void dlm_set_lockres_owner(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
-				  struct dlm_lock_resource *res,
-				  u8 owner)
-{
-	assert_spin_locked(&res->spinlock);
-
-	res->owner = owner;
-}
-
-void dlm_change_lockres_owner(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
-			      struct dlm_lock_resource *res, u8 owner)
-{
-	assert_spin_locked(&res->spinlock);
-
-	if (owner != res->owner)
-		dlm_set_lockres_owner(dlm, res, owner);
-}
-
-
 static void dlm_lockres_release(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct dlm_lock_resource *res;