diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 9152f87..085ded6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@
 #define NFSDDBG_FACILITY		NFSDDBG_FILEOP
 
 
-/* We must ignore files (but only files) which might have mandatory
- * locks on them because there is no way to know if the accesser has
- * the lock.
- */
-#define IS_ISMNDLK(i)	(S_ISREG((i)->i_mode) && mandatory_lock(i))
-
 /*
  * This is a cache of readahead params that help us choose the proper
  * readahead strategy. Initially, we set all readahead parameters to 0
@@ -680,7 +674,12 @@
 	err = nfserr_perm;
 	if (IS_APPEND(inode) && (access & MAY_WRITE))
 		goto out;
-	if (IS_ISMNDLK(inode))
+	/*
+	 * We must ignore files (but only files) which might have mandatory
+	 * locks on them because there is no way to know if the accesser has
+	 * the lock.
+	 */
+	if (S_ISREG((inode)->i_mode) && mandatory_lock(inode))
 		goto out;
 
 	if (!inode->i_fop)