diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index ae94e1dea..81c0129 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -191,6 +191,43 @@
 	kunmap_atomic((void *)((unsigned long)__event & PAGE_MASK), km); \
 } while(0)
 
+
+/* __put_ioctx
+ *	Called when the last user of an aio context has gone away,
+ *	and the struct needs to be freed.
+ */
+static void __put_ioctx(struct kioctx *ctx)
+{
+	unsigned nr_events = ctx->max_reqs;
+
+	BUG_ON(ctx->reqs_active);
+
+	cancel_delayed_work(&ctx->wq);
+	cancel_work_sync(&ctx->wq.work);
+	aio_free_ring(ctx);
+	mmdrop(ctx->mm);
+	ctx->mm = NULL;
+	pr_debug("__put_ioctx: freeing %p\n", ctx);
+	kmem_cache_free(kioctx_cachep, ctx);
+
+	if (nr_events) {
+		spin_lock(&aio_nr_lock);
+		BUG_ON(aio_nr - nr_events > aio_nr);
+		aio_nr -= nr_events;
+		spin_unlock(&aio_nr_lock);
+	}
+}
+
+#define get_ioctx(kioctx) do {						\
+	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&(kioctx)->users) <= 0);			\
+	atomic_inc(&(kioctx)->users);					\
+} while (0)
+#define put_ioctx(kioctx) do {						\
+	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&(kioctx)->users) <= 0);			\
+	if (unlikely(atomic_dec_and_test(&(kioctx)->users))) 		\
+		__put_ioctx(kioctx);					\
+} while (0)
+
 /* ioctx_alloc
  *	Allocates and initializes an ioctx.  Returns an ERR_PTR if it failed.
  */
@@ -361,32 +398,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-/* __put_ioctx
- *	Called when the last user of an aio context has gone away,
- *	and the struct needs to be freed.
- */
-void __put_ioctx(struct kioctx *ctx)
-{
-	unsigned nr_events = ctx->max_reqs;
-
-	BUG_ON(ctx->reqs_active);
-
-	cancel_delayed_work(&ctx->wq);
-	cancel_work_sync(&ctx->wq.work);
-	aio_free_ring(ctx);
-	mmdrop(ctx->mm);
-	ctx->mm = NULL;
-	pr_debug("__put_ioctx: freeing %p\n", ctx);
-	kmem_cache_free(kioctx_cachep, ctx);
-
-	if (nr_events) {
-		spin_lock(&aio_nr_lock);
-		BUG_ON(aio_nr - nr_events > aio_nr);
-		aio_nr -= nr_events;
-		spin_unlock(&aio_nr_lock);
-	}
-}
-
 /* aio_get_req
  *	Allocate a slot for an aio request.  Increments the users count
  * of the kioctx so that the kioctx stays around until all requests are
@@ -545,7 +556,7 @@
 /*	Lookup an ioctx id.  ioctx_list is lockless for reads.
  *	FIXME: this is O(n) and is only suitable for development.
  */
-struct kioctx *lookup_ioctx(unsigned long ctx_id)
+static struct kioctx *lookup_ioctx(unsigned long ctx_id)
 {
 	struct kioctx *ioctx;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
@@ -1552,7 +1563,7 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
+static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 			 struct iocb *iocb)
 {
 	struct kiocb *req;