diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 4f71627264fd9276d6acb3b94f3ee5316372a394..fe37a94127e78c7c6a9a33619978a6c0875274bb 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -305,15 +305,18 @@ static struct kioctx *ioctx_alloc(unsigned nr_events)
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-/* aio_cancel_all
+/* kill_ctx
  *	Cancels all outstanding aio requests on an aio context.  Used 
  *	when the processes owning a context have all exited to encourage 
  *	the rapid destruction of the kioctx.
  */
-static void aio_cancel_all(struct kioctx *ctx)
+static void kill_ctx(struct kioctx *ctx)
 {
 	int (*cancel)(struct kiocb *, struct io_event *);
+	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, tsk);
 	struct io_event res;
+
 	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 	ctx->dead = 1;
 	while (!list_empty(&ctx->active_reqs)) {
@@ -329,15 +332,7 @@ static void aio_cancel_all(struct kioctx *ctx)
 			spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
-}
 
-static void wait_for_all_aios(struct kioctx *ctx)
-{
-	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
-	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, tsk);
-
-	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 	if (!ctx->reqs_active)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -387,9 +382,7 @@ void exit_aio(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		ctx = hlist_entry(mm->ioctx_list.first, struct kioctx, list);
 		hlist_del_rcu(&ctx->list);
 
-		aio_cancel_all(ctx);
-
-		wait_for_all_aios(ctx);
+		kill_ctx(ctx);
 
 		if (1 != atomic_read(&ctx->users))
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG
@@ -1269,8 +1262,7 @@ static void io_destroy(struct kioctx *ioctx)
 	if (likely(!was_dead))
 		put_ioctx(ioctx);	/* twice for the list */
 
-	aio_cancel_all(ioctx);
-	wait_for_all_aios(ioctx);
+	kill_ctx(ioctx);
 
 	/*
 	 * Wake up any waiters.  The setting of ctx->dead must be seen