1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 0da90951d277..29e38a1f7f77 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr)
         struct timespec now;
         unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
 
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(!mutex_is_locked(&inode->i_mutex));
+
         if (ia_valid & (ATTR_MODE | ATTR_UID | ATTR_GID | ATTR_TIMES_SET)) {
                 if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
                         return -EPERM;
@@ -250,5 +252,4 @@ int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr)
 
         return error;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(notify_change);