diff --git a/sys/fs/nfs/nfsport.h b/sys/fs/nfs/nfsport.h
index 40dfe6cf1dc..961d9d39aeb 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfs/nfsport.h
+++ b/sys/fs/nfs/nfsport.h
@@ -595,13 +595,6 @@ int nfsmsleep(void *, void *, int, const char *, struct timespec *);
 #define	PDIRUNLOCK	0x0
 #define	MAX_COMMIT_COUNT	(1024 * 1024)
 
-/*
- * These macros are called at the start and end of operations that
- * might modify the underlying file system.
- */
-#define	NFS_STARTWRITE(v, m)	vn_start_write((v), (m), V_WAIT)
-#define	NFS_ENDWRITE(m)		vn_finished_write(m)
-
 /*
  * Define these to handle the type of va_rdev.
  */
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdstate.c b/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdstate.c
index 6e66d543b37..12347f7513b 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdstate.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdstate.c
@@ -4092,14 +4092,14 @@ nfsrv_updatestable(NFSPROC_T *p)
 	NFSVNO_ATTRINIT(&nva);
 	NFSVNO_SETATTRVAL(&nva, size, 0);
 	vp = NFSFPVNODE(sf->nsf_fp);
-	NFS_STARTWRITE(vp, &mp);
+	vn_start_write(vp, &mp, V_WAIT);
 	if (vn_lock(vp, LK_EXCLUSIVE) == 0) {
 		error = nfsvno_setattr(vp, &nva, NFSFPCRED(sf->nsf_fp), p,
 		    NULL);
 		VOP_UNLOCK(vp, 0);
 	} else
 		error = EPERM;
-	NFS_ENDWRITE(mp);
+	vn_finished_write(mp);
 	if (!error)
 	    error = NFSD_RDWR(UIO_WRITE, vp,
 		(caddr_t)&sf->nsf_rec, sizeof (struct nfsf_rec), (off_t)0,