1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index fab4b9b2664f..1597f6b649e0 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ reiserfs_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *buffer,
         /* Resize it so we're ok to write there */
         newattrs.ia_size = buffer_size;
         newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_SIZE | ATTR_CTIME;
-        mutex_lock(&xinode->i_mutex);
+        mutex_lock_nested(&xinode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
         err = notify_change(fp->f_path.dentry, &newattrs);
         if (err)
                 goto out_filp;
@@ -1223,7 +1223,8 @@ int reiserfs_xattr_init(struct super_block *s, int mount_flags)
                 if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
                         if (!(mount_flags & MS_RDONLY) && !dentry->d_inode) {
                                 struct inode *inode = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
-                                mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+                                mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex,
+                                                  I_MUTEX_XATTR);
                                 err = inode->i_op->mkdir(inode, dentry, 0700);
                                 mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
                                 if (err) {