1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 83293be48149..54f93f5e6b0f 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ global_root:
  * Returns a pointer into the buffer or an error code if the
  * path was too long.
  *
- * "buflen" should be positive. Caller holds the dcache_lock.
+ * "buflen" should be positive.
  *
  * If path is not reachable from the supplied root, then the value of
  * root is changed (without modifying refcounts).
@@ -2006,10 +2006,12 @@ char *__d_path(const struct path *path, struct path *root,
         int error;
 
         prepend(&res, &buflen, "\0", 1);
+        spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
         error = prepend_path(path, root, &res, &buflen);
+        spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+
         if (error)
                 return ERR_PTR(error);
-
         return res;
 }