2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 50ed691098bc..a48dc7dd8765 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static int populate_groups(struct config_group *group)
                  * That said, taking our i_mutex is closer to mkdir
                  * emulation, and shouldn't hurt.
                  */
-                mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+                mutex_lock_nested(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
 
                 for (i = 0; group->default_groups[i]; i++) {
                         new_group = group->default_groups[i];
@@ -1405,7 +1405,8 @@ int configfs_register_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
         sd = configfs_sb->s_root->d_fsdata;
         link_group(to_config_group(sd->s_element), group);
 
-        mutex_lock(&configfs_sb->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
+        mutex_lock_nested(&configfs_sb->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex,
+                        I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 
         name.name = group->cg_item.ci_name;
         name.len = strlen(name.name);
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);