1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index ef999729e274..0d3a97d2d5f6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -70,9 +70,10 @@ static int ocfs2_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
          */
         if (inode == NULL) {
                 unsigned long gen = (unsigned long) dentry->d_fsdata;
-                unsigned long pgen =
-                        OCFS2_I(dentry->d_parent->d_inode)->ip_dir_lock_gen;
-
+                unsigned long pgen;
+                spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+                pgen = OCFS2_I(dentry->d_parent->d_inode)->ip_dir_lock_gen;
+                spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
                 trace_ocfs2_dentry_revalidate_negative(dentry->d_name.len,
                                                        dentry->d_name.name,
                                                        pgen, gen);