diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt
index 5108afb3645c49d948cd97e7c827b2d5599e499e..762ca54eb92989ab0129d227b3b0296cb99d832a 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt
@@ -76,15 +76,7 @@ to work with it.
 	limit_fail_at parameter is set to the particular res_counter element
 	where the charging failed.
 
- d. int res_counter_charge_locked
-			(struct res_counter *rc, unsigned long val, bool force)
-
-	The same as res_counter_charge(), but it must not acquire/release the
-	res_counter->lock internally (it must be called with res_counter->lock
-	held). The force parameter indicates whether we can bypass the limit.
-
- e. u64 res_counter_uncharge[_locked]
-			(struct res_counter *rc, unsigned long val)
+ d. u64 res_counter_uncharge(struct res_counter *rc, unsigned long val)
 
 	When a resource is released (freed) it should be de-accounted
 	from the resource counter it was accounted to.  This is called
@@ -93,7 +85,7 @@ to work with it.
 
 	The _locked routines imply that the res_counter->lock is taken.
 
- f. u64 res_counter_uncharge_until
+ e. u64 res_counter_uncharge_until
 		(struct res_counter *rc, struct res_counter *top,
 		 unsigned long val)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/res_counter.h b/include/linux/res_counter.h
index 201a6974965925bf5f9424acf0b63f671efd3c60..56b7bc32db4f89aa924e5c02ae929af3a32fe83d 100644
--- a/include/linux/res_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/res_counter.h
@@ -104,15 +104,13 @@ void res_counter_init(struct res_counter *counter, struct res_counter *parent);
  *       units, e.g. numbers, bytes, Kbytes, etc
  *
  * returns 0 on success and <0 if the counter->usage will exceed the
- * counter->limit _locked call expects the counter->lock to be taken
+ * counter->limit
  *
  * charge_nofail works the same, except that it charges the resource
  * counter unconditionally, and returns < 0 if the after the current
  * charge we are over limit.
  */
 
-int __must_check res_counter_charge_locked(struct res_counter *counter,
-					   unsigned long val, bool force);
 int __must_check res_counter_charge(struct res_counter *counter,
 		unsigned long val, struct res_counter **limit_fail_at);
 int res_counter_charge_nofail(struct res_counter *counter,
@@ -125,12 +123,10 @@ int res_counter_charge_nofail(struct res_counter *counter,
  * @val: the amount of the resource
  *
  * these calls check for usage underflow and show a warning on the console
- * _locked call expects the counter->lock to be taken
  *
  * returns the total charges still present in @counter.
  */
 
-u64 res_counter_uncharge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val);
 u64 res_counter_uncharge(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val);
 
 u64 res_counter_uncharge_until(struct res_counter *counter,
diff --git a/kernel/res_counter.c b/kernel/res_counter.c
index 4aa8a305aedeb23cf7ad15aa2750898057b3c0d4..51dbac6a363358b435a14f9e7952b9489eb3bf9d 100644
--- a/kernel/res_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/res_counter.c
@@ -22,8 +22,18 @@ void res_counter_init(struct res_counter *counter, struct res_counter *parent)
 	counter->parent = parent;
 }
 
-int res_counter_charge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val,
-			      bool force)
+static u64 res_counter_uncharge_locked(struct res_counter *counter,
+				       unsigned long val)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(counter->usage < val))
+		val = counter->usage;
+
+	counter->usage -= val;
+	return counter->usage;
+}
+
+static int res_counter_charge_locked(struct res_counter *counter,
+				     unsigned long val, bool force)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -86,15 +96,6 @@ int res_counter_charge_nofail(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val,
 	return __res_counter_charge(counter, val, limit_fail_at, true);
 }
 
-u64 res_counter_uncharge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
-{
-	if (WARN_ON(counter->usage < val))
-		val = counter->usage;
-
-	counter->usage -= val;
-	return counter->usage;
-}
-
 u64 res_counter_uncharge_until(struct res_counter *counter,
 			       struct res_counter *top,
 			       unsigned long val)