diff --git a/lustre/ChangeLog b/lustre/ChangeLog
index 40437fa51cea13c2e0b01b0c8a96bde4d849d163..325bd3e9ee3574742a5ba5b0f7b8f788557c6deb 100644
--- a/lustre/ChangeLog
+++ b/lustre/ChangeLog
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Details    : Remove 2.5.0 check from quota_check.c, quota_ctl.c,
 	     Remove 2.4 kernel code from lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c.
 	     Remove 2.4 kernel check from lustre/mgs/lproc_mgs.c,
 	     lustre/mgs/mgs_fs.c.
+	     Remove 2.4 kernel code from lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c.
 
 Severity   : enhancement
 Bugzilla   : 13690
diff --git a/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c b/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c
index cfe7c8c29bb663c4a8a459cee8840225c5a66f37..ee8cd3420d86cdf8c2124f954360ba13d8a5be8a 100644
--- a/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c
+++ b/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c
@@ -675,14 +675,10 @@ static int mgc_iocontrol(unsigned int cmd, struct obd_export *exp, int len,
         int rc;
         ENTRY;
 
-#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,0))
-        MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
-#else
         if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE)) {
                 CERROR("Can't get module. Is it alive?");
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
-#endif
         switch (cmd) {
         /* REPLicator context */
         case OBD_IOC_PARSE: {
@@ -716,11 +712,7 @@ static int mgc_iocontrol(unsigned int cmd, struct obd_export *exp, int len,
                 GOTO(out, rc = -ENOTTY);
         }
 out:
-#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,0))
-        MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT;
-#else
         module_put(THIS_MODULE);
-#endif
 
         return rc;
 }