diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 555b57a16499..faaf8bfd2f52 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -3426,7 +3426,7 @@ static int ocfs2_downconvert_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	 * we can recover correctly from node failure. Otherwise, we may get
 	 * invalid LVB in LKB, but without DLM_SBF_VALNOTVALID being set.
 	 */
-	if (!ocfs2_is_o2cb_active() &&
+	if (ocfs2_userspace_stack(osb) &&
 	    lockres->l_ops->flags & LOCK_TYPE_USES_LVB)
 		lvb = 1;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
index 783bcdce5666..5d965e83bd43 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ static char ocfs2_hb_ctl_path[OCFS2_MAX_HB_CTL_PATH] = "/sbin/ocfs2_hb_ctl";
  */
 static struct ocfs2_stack_plugin *active_stack;
 
-inline int ocfs2_is_o2cb_active(void)
-{
-	return !strcmp(active_stack->sp_name, OCFS2_STACK_PLUGIN_O2CB);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ocfs2_is_o2cb_active);
-
 static struct ocfs2_stack_plugin *ocfs2_stack_lookup(const char *name)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_stack_plugin *p;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
index e1b30931974d..66334a30cea8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
@@ -298,7 +298,4 @@ void ocfs2_stack_glue_set_max_proto_version(struct ocfs2_protocol_version *max_p
 int ocfs2_stack_glue_register(struct ocfs2_stack_plugin *plugin);
 void ocfs2_stack_glue_unregister(struct ocfs2_stack_plugin *plugin);
 
-/* In ocfs2_downconvert_lock(), we need to know which stack we are using */
-int ocfs2_is_o2cb_active(void);
-
 #endif  /* STACKGLUE_H */