1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/write.c b/fs/jffs2/write.c
index bc6185933664..664c164aa67c 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/write.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/write.c
@@ -566,6 +566,9 @@ int jffs2_do_unlink(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_inode_info *dir_f,
                 struct jffs2_full_dirent **prev = &dir_f->dents;
                 uint32_t nhash = full_name_hash(name, namelen);
 
+                /* We don't actually want to reserve any space, but we do
+                   want to be holding the alloc_sem when we write to flash */
+                down(&c->alloc_sem);
                 down(&dir_f->sem);
 
                 while ((*prev) && (*prev)->nhash <= nhash) {