1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
index 8e37c41a071b..4af574ce4a46 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
@@ -134,10 +134,11 @@ flags_out:
                         goto setversion_out;
                 }
 
+                mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
                 handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, 1);
                 if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                         err = PTR_ERR(handle);
-                        goto setversion_out;
+                        goto unlock_out;
                 }
                 err = ext3_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc);
                 if (err == 0) {
@@ -146,6 +147,9 @@ flags_out:
                         err = ext3_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc);
                 }
                 ext3_journal_stop(handle);
+
+unlock_out:
+                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 setversion_out:
                 mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
                 return err;