1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 17a17e10dd60..70150b6f09a2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2326,7 +2326,9 @@ retry:
 
         inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
         ext4_inc_count(handle, inode);
-        atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+        inode->i_count++;
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
         err = ext4_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode);
         if (!err) {