diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c
index 0f814f3..f76fcd6 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -122,10 +122,8 @@ static struct buffer_head *bclean(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 		brelse(bh);
 		bh = ERR_PTR(err);
 	} else {
-		lock_buffer(bh);
 		memset(bh->b_data, 0, sb->s_blocksize);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-		unlock_buffer(bh);
 	}
 
 	return bh;
@@ -242,10 +240,8 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 			brelse(gdb);
 			goto exit_bh;
 		}
-		lock_buffer(gdb);
 		memcpy(gdb->b_data, sbi->s_group_desc[i]->b_data, gdb->b_size);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(gdb);
-		unlock_buffer(gdb);
 		err = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, gdb);
 		if (err) {
 			brelse(gdb);