1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index cf0b5921cf0f..7c08c93bb615 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -3000,7 +3000,6 @@ static ssize_t ext3_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
                         (unsigned long long)off, (unsigned long long)len);
                 return -EIO;
         }
-        mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
         bh = ext3_bread(handle, inode, blk, 1, &err);
         if (!bh)
                 goto out;
@@ -3024,10 +3023,8 @@ static ssize_t ext3_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
         }
         brelse(bh);
 out:
-        if (err) {
-                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+        if (err)
                 return err;
-        }
         if (inode->i_size < off + len) {
                 i_size_write(inode, off + len);
                 EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
@@ -3035,7 +3032,6 @@ out:
         inode->i_version++;
         inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
         ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
-        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
         return len;
 }