1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index 20dc218707ca..79b47cbb5cd8 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
         /* determine if the children should tell inode about their events */
         watched = fsnotify_inode_watches_children(inode);
 
-        spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
         /* run all of the dentries associated with this inode.  Since this is a
          * directory, there damn well better only be one item on this list */
         list_for_each_entry(alias, &inode->i_dentry, d_alias) {
@@ -68,19 +68,21 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
                 /* run all of the children of the original inode and fix their
                  * d_flags to indicate parental interest (their parent is the
                  * original inode) */
+                spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
                 list_for_each_entry(child, &alias->d_subdirs, d_u.d_child) {
                         if (!child->d_inode)
                                 continue;
 
-                        spin_lock(&child->d_lock);
+                        spin_lock_nested(&child->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
                         if (watched)
                                 child->d_flags |= DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
                         else
                                 child->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
                         spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
                 }
+                spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
         }
-        spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
 
 /* Notify this dentry's parent about a child's events. */