1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index 2a731ef5f305..676c84c416da 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ int configfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         parent_item = configfs_get_config_item(dentry->d_parent);
         type = parent_item->ci_type;
 
+        spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
         list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+        spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
         configfs_drop_dentry(sd, dentry->d_parent);
         dput(dentry);
         configfs_put(sd);