1 files changed, 6 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/TAO/tao/ORB.i b/TAO/tao/ORB.i
index 89ddfb694a1..6a34deb048b 100644
--- a/TAO/tao/ORB.i
+++ b/TAO/tao/ORB.i
@@ -11,25 +11,18 @@ TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
 ACE_INLINE CORBA::ULong
 CORBA::ORB::_incr_refcnt (void)
 {
-  ACE_GUARD_RETURN (TAO_SYNCH_MUTEX,
-                    guard,
-                    lock_,
-                    0);
   return ++this->refcount_;
 }
 
 ACE_INLINE CORBA::ULong
 CORBA::ORB::_decr_refcnt (void)
 {
-  {
-    ACE_GUARD_RETURN (TAO_SYNCH_MUTEX, mon, this->lock_, 0);
-    --this->refcount_;
-
-    if (this->refcount_ != 0)
-      {
-        return this->refcount_;
-      }
-  }
+  CORBA::ULong count = --this->refcount_;
+
+  if (count != 0)
+    {
+      return count;
+    }
 
   delete this;
   return 0;