1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 06cd0db0f32b..4e06810b6104 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ nfsd_proc_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd_createargs *argp,
         nfserr = nfserr_exist;
         if (isdotent(argp->name, argp->len))
                 goto done;
-        fh_lock(dirfhp);
+        fh_lock_nested(dirfhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
         dchild = lookup_one_len(argp->name, dirfhp->fh_dentry, argp->len);
         if (IS_ERR(dchild)) {
                 nfserr = nfserrno(PTR_ERR(dchild));