1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 157f3debbf98..48fc0fb8c9d1 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ retry:
                 BUG_ON(nd->inode != dir);
 
                 mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
+l:
                 dentry = d_lookup(parent, name);
                 if (likely(!dentry)) {
                         dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(parent, name, nd);
@@ -1193,11 +1194,11 @@ retry:
                         need_reval = 0;
                         status = 1;
                 }
-                mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
                 if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE) && need_reval)
                         status = d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
                 if (unlikely(status <= 0)) {
                         if (status < 0) {
+                                mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
                                 dput(dentry);
                                 return status;
                         }
@@ -1205,9 +1206,10 @@ retry:
                                 dput(dentry);
                                 dentry = NULL;
                                 need_reval = 1;
-                                goto retry;
+                                goto l;
                         }
                 }
+                mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
                 goto done;
         }
         if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE) && need_reval)