diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/do_balan.c b/fs/reiserfs/do_balan.c
index 4beb964a2a3..128d3f7c8aa 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/do_balan.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/do_balan.c
@@ -1270,9 +1270,8 @@ static int balance_leaf(struct tree_balance *tb, struct item_head *ih,	/* item h
 
 					RFALSE(ih, "PAP-12210: ih must be 0");
 
-					if (is_direntry_le_ih
-					    (aux_ih =
-					     B_N_PITEM_HEAD(tbS0, item_pos))) {
+					aux_ih = B_N_PITEM_HEAD(tbS0, item_pos);
+					if (is_direntry_le_ih(aux_ih)) {
 						/* we append to directory item */
 
 						int entry_count;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/lbalance.c b/fs/reiserfs/lbalance.c
index 381750a155f..03d85cbf90b 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/lbalance.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/lbalance.c
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ static void leaf_item_bottle(struct buffer_info *dest_bi,
 
 	if (last_first == FIRST_TO_LAST) {
 		/* if ( if item in position item_num in buffer SOURCE is directory item ) */
-		if (is_direntry_le_ih(ih = B_N_PITEM_HEAD(src, item_num)))
+		ih = B_N_PITEM_HEAD(src, item_num);
+		if (is_direntry_le_ih(ih))
 			leaf_copy_dir_entries(dest_bi, src, FIRST_TO_LAST,
 					      item_num, 0, cpy_bytes);
 		else {
@@ -418,7 +419,8 @@ static void leaf_item_bottle(struct buffer_info *dest_bi,
 		}
 	} else {
 		/*  if ( if item in position item_num in buffer SOURCE is directory item ) */
-		if (is_direntry_le_ih(ih = B_N_PITEM_HEAD(src, item_num)))
+		ih = B_N_PITEM_HEAD(src, item_num);
+		if (is_direntry_le_ih(ih))
 			leaf_copy_dir_entries(dest_bi, src, LAST_TO_FIRST,
 					      item_num,
 					      I_ENTRY_COUNT(ih) - cpy_bytes,
@@ -774,8 +776,8 @@ void leaf_delete_items(struct buffer_info *cur_bi, int last_first,
 			leaf_delete_items_entirely(cur_bi, first + 1,
 						   del_num - 1);
 
-			if (is_direntry_le_ih
-			    (ih = B_N_PITEM_HEAD(bh, B_NR_ITEMS(bh) - 1)))
+			ih = B_N_PITEM_HEAD(bh, B_NR_ITEMS(bh) - 1);
+			if (is_direntry_le_ih(ih))
 				/* the last item is directory  */
 				/* len = numbers of directory entries in this item */
 				len = ih_entry_count(ih);
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
index 2245c78d587..dd31e7bae35 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
@@ -660,23 +660,54 @@ static inline void set_le_key_k_type(int version, struct reiserfs_key *key,
 		   cpu_to_le32(type2uniqueness(type)))
 	    : (void)(set_offset_v2_k_type(&(key->u.k_offset_v2), type));
 }
+
 static inline void set_le_ih_k_type(struct item_head *ih, int type)
 {
 	set_le_key_k_type(ih_version(ih), &(ih->ih_key), type);
 }
 
-#define is_direntry_le_key(version,key) (le_key_k_type (version, key) == TYPE_DIRENTRY)
-#define is_direct_le_key(version,key) (le_key_k_type (version, key) == TYPE_DIRECT)
-#define is_indirect_le_key(version,key) (le_key_k_type (version, key) == TYPE_INDIRECT)
-#define is_statdata_le_key(version,key) (le_key_k_type (version, key) == TYPE_STAT_DATA)
+static inline int is_direntry_le_key(int version, struct reiserfs_key *key)
+{
+	return le_key_k_type(version, key) == TYPE_DIRENTRY;
+}
+
+static inline int is_direct_le_key(int version, struct reiserfs_key *key)
+{
+	return le_key_k_type(version, key) == TYPE_DIRECT;
+}
+
+static inline int is_indirect_le_key(int version, struct reiserfs_key *key)
+{
+	return le_key_k_type(version, key) == TYPE_INDIRECT;
+}
+
+static inline int is_statdata_le_key(int version, struct reiserfs_key *key)
+{
+	return le_key_k_type(version, key) == TYPE_STAT_DATA;
+}
 
 //
 // item header has version.
 //
-#define is_direntry_le_ih(ih) is_direntry_le_key (ih_version (ih), &((ih)->ih_key))
-#define is_direct_le_ih(ih) is_direct_le_key (ih_version (ih), &((ih)->ih_key))
-#define is_indirect_le_ih(ih) is_indirect_le_key (ih_version(ih), &((ih)->ih_key))
-#define is_statdata_le_ih(ih) is_statdata_le_key (ih_version (ih), &((ih)->ih_key))
+static inline int is_direntry_le_ih(struct item_head *ih)
+{
+	return is_direntry_le_key(ih_version(ih), &ih->ih_key);
+}
+
+static inline int is_direct_le_ih(struct item_head *ih)
+{
+	return is_direct_le_key(ih_version(ih), &ih->ih_key);
+}
+
+static inline int is_indirect_le_ih(struct item_head *ih)
+{
+	return is_indirect_le_key(ih_version(ih), &ih->ih_key);
+}
+
+static inline int is_statdata_le_ih(struct item_head *ih)
+{
+	return is_statdata_le_key(ih_version(ih), &ih->ih_key);
+}
 
 //
 // key is pointer to cpu key, result is cpu