1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/file.c b/fs/configfs/file.c
index a3658f9a082c..397cb503a180 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/file.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ int configfs_add_file(struct dentry * dir, const struct configfs_attribute * att
         umode_t mode = (attr->ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
         int error = 0;
 
-        mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+        mutex_lock_nested(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_NORMAL);
         error = configfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *) attr, mode, type);
         mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);