1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index 830e1b2bf145..61f13e57975e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -807,11 +807,9 @@ ssize_t ext4_ind_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
 
 retry:
         if (rw == READ && ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode)) {
-                if (unlikely(!list_empty(&ei->i_completed_io_list))) {
-                        mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+                if (unlikely(!list_empty(&ei->i_completed_io_list)))
                         ext4_flush_completed_IO(inode);
-                        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-                }
+
                 ret = __blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode,
                                  inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
                                  offset, nr_segs,