diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index 67261b7b1f0e..0455dddb0797 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -935,15 +935,3 @@ void dlm_stop_lockspaces(void)
 		log_print("dlm user daemon left %d lockspaces", count);
 }
 
-void dlm_stop_lockspaces_check(void)
-{
-	struct dlm_ls *ls;
-
-	spin_lock(&lslist_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(ls, &lslist, ls_list) {
-		if (WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&ls->ls_in_recovery) ||
-			    !dlm_locking_stopped(ls)))
-			break;
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&lslist_lock);
-}
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.h b/fs/dlm/lockspace.h
index 03f4a4a3a871..47ebd4411926 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.h
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ struct dlm_ls *dlm_find_lockspace_local(void *id);
 struct dlm_ls *dlm_find_lockspace_device(int minor);
 void dlm_put_lockspace(struct dlm_ls *ls);
 void dlm_stop_lockspaces(void);
-void dlm_stop_lockspaces_check(void);
 int dlm_new_user_lockspace(const char *name, const char *cluster,
 			   uint32_t flags, int lvblen,
 			   const struct dlm_lockspace_ops *ops,
diff --git a/fs/dlm/midcomms.c b/fs/dlm/midcomms.c
index c02c43e4980a..3df916a568ba 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/midcomms.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/midcomms.c
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 
 #include "dlm_internal.h"
-#include "lockspace.h"
 #include "lowcomms.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "memory.h"
@@ -1491,8 +1490,6 @@ int dlm_midcomms_close(int nodeid)
 	if (nodeid == dlm_our_nodeid())
 		return 0;
 
-	dlm_stop_lockspaces_check();
-
 	idx = srcu_read_lock(&nodes_srcu);
 	/* Abort pending close/remove operation */
 	node = nodeid2node(nodeid, 0);