diff --git a/orangefs-2.8.4/src/io/dev/pint-dev.c b/orangefs-2.8.4/src/io/dev/pint-dev.c
index f0584f3..91a16cf 100644
--- orangefs-2.8.4/src/io/dev/pint-dev.c
+++ orangefs-2.8.4/src/io/dev/pint-dev.c
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ int PINT_dev_get_mapped_regions(int ndesc, struct PVFS_dev_map_desc *desc,
             break;
         }
 
-#ifdef REDHAT_RELEASE_9
-        /* fixes a corruption issue on linux 2.4 kernels where the buffers are
+        /* fixes corruption issues where the buffers are
          * not being pinned in memory properly 
          */
         if(mlock( (const char *) ptr, total_size) != 0)
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ int PINT_dev_get_mapped_regions(int ndesc, struct PVFS_dev_map_desc *desc,
            gossip_err("Error: FAILED to mlock shared buffer\n");
            break;
         }
-#endif
+
         desc[i].ptr  = ptr;
         desc[i].total_size = total_size;
         desc[i].size = params[i].dev_buffer_size;
@@ -298,15 +297,13 @@ void PINT_dev_put_mapped_regions(int ndesc, struct PVFS_dev_map_desc *desc)
         ptr = (void *) desc[i].ptr;
         assert(ptr);
 
-#ifdef REDHAT_RELEASE_9
-        /* fixes a corruption issue on linux 2.4 kernels where the buffers are
+        /* fixes corruption issues where the buffers are
          * not being pinned in memory properly
          */
         if(munlock( (const char *) ptr, desc[i].total_size) != 0)
         { 
            gossip_err("Error: FAILED to munlock shared buffer\n");
         }
-#endif
 
         PINT_mem_aligned_free(ptr);
     }