1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c b/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
index 685495707181..65c872761177 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
@@ -1277,7 +1277,10 @@ int reiserfs_init_bitmap_cache(struct super_block *sb)
         struct reiserfs_bitmap_info *bitmap;
         unsigned int bmap_nr = reiserfs_bmap_count(sb);
 
+        /* Avoid lock recursion in fault case */
+        reiserfs_write_unlock(sb);
         bitmap = vmalloc(sizeof(*bitmap) * bmap_nr);
+        reiserfs_write_lock(sb);
         if (bitmap == NULL)
                 return -ENOMEM;