diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index 0213db4..032c7ba 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@
  * allocation within the reservation window.
  *
  * This will avoid keeping on searching the reservation list again and
- * again when someboday is looking for a free block (without
+ * again when somebody is looking for a free block (without
  * reservation), and there are lots of free blocks, but they are all
  * being reserved.
  *
@@ -1416,12 +1416,12 @@
 	unsigned long bitmap_count, x;
 	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
 
-	lock_super(sb);
 	es = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es;
 	desc_count = 0;
 	bitmap_count = 0;
 	gdp = NULL;
 
+	smp_rmb();
 	for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
 		gdp = ext3_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
 		if (!gdp)
@@ -1440,7 +1440,6 @@
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	printk("ext3_count_free_blocks: stored = %u, computed = %lu, %lu\n",
 	       le32_to_cpu(es->s_free_blocks_count), desc_count, bitmap_count);
-	unlock_super(sb);
 	return bitmap_count;
 #else
 	desc_count = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 6549945..0eb4f90 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -704,7 +704,6 @@
 	unsigned long bitmap_count, x;
 	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
 
-	lock_super (sb);
 	es = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es;
 	desc_count = 0;
 	bitmap_count = 0;
@@ -727,7 +726,6 @@
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	printk("ext3_count_free_inodes: stored = %u, computed = %lu, %lu\n",
 		le32_to_cpu(es->s_free_inodes_count), desc_count, bitmap_count);
-	unlock_super(sb);
 	return desc_count;
 #else
 	desc_count = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 8b38f22..b5da524 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
  *	the same format as ext3_get_branch() would do. We are calling it after
  *	we had read the existing part of chain and partial points to the last
  *	triple of that (one with zero ->key). Upon the exit we have the same
- *	picture as after the successful ext3_get_block(), excpet that in one
+ *	picture as after the successful ext3_get_block(), except that in one
  *	place chain is disconnected - *branch->p is still zero (we did not
  *	set the last link), but branch->key contains the number that should
  *	be placed into *branch->p to fill that gap.