1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 9623cfe2371c..75d3706734ec 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ reiserfs_xattr_set_handle(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
                 return PTR_ERR(dentry);
         }
 
-        down_read(&REISERFS_I(inode)->i_xattr_sem);
+        down_write(&REISERFS_I(inode)->i_xattr_sem);
 
         reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);