1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index e62f3fc7241e..1548be26b5e6 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static struct dentry *lock_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
         struct dentry *dir;
 
         dir = dget(dentry->d_parent);
-        mutex_lock(&(dir->d_inode->i_mutex));
+        mutex_lock_nested(&(dir->d_inode->i_mutex), I_MUTEX_PARENT);
         return dir;
 }