1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index a57b751d4f40..702f0c30cda4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -333,6 +333,13 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir,
         /* get our super block */
         osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
 
+        status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, NULL, &parent_fe_bh, 1);
+        if (status < 0) {
+                if (status != -ENOENT)
+                        mlog_errno(status);
+                return status;
+        }
+
         handle = ocfs2_alloc_handle(osb);
         if (handle == NULL) {
                 status = -ENOMEM;
@@ -340,13 +347,6 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir,
                 goto leave;
         }
 
-        status = ocfs2_meta_lock(dir, handle, &parent_fe_bh, 1);
-        if (status < 0) {
-                if (status != -ENOENT)
-                        mlog_errno(status);
-                goto leave;
-        }
-
         if (S_ISDIR(mode) && (dir->i_nlink >= OCFS2_LINK_MAX)) {
                 status = -EMLINK;
                 goto leave;
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ leave:
         if (handle)
                 ocfs2_commit_trans(handle);
 
+        ocfs2_meta_unlock(dir, 1);
+
         if (status == -ENOSPC)
                 mlog(0, "Disk is full\n");