1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index 20dc218707ca..aa4f25e803f6 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -68,17 +68,19 @@ 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);
 }