diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index e280833ceb9a..8a1875848080 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -390,9 +390,8 @@ static int __ocfs2_delete_entry(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 				goto bail;
 			}
 			if (pde)
-				pde->rec_len =
-					cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(pde->rec_len) +
-						    le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len));
+				le16_add_cpu(&pde->rec_len,
+						le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len));
 			else
 				de->inode = 0;
 			dir->i_version++;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index b1004b01a5fc..ab83fd562429 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -585,8 +585,7 @@ int ocfs2_claim_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	while(bits_wanted--)
 		ocfs2_set_bit(start++, bitmap);
 
-	alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_used = cpu_to_le32(*num_bits +
-				le32_to_cpu(alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_used));
+	le32_add_cpu(&alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_used, *num_bits);
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, osb->local_alloc_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {