1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 8891cd88a3f4..a0e2e7acdc75 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ reiserfs_xattr_set_handle(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
         if (IS_ERR(dentry))
                 return PTR_ERR(dentry);
 
-        down_write(&REISERFS_I(inode)->i_xattr_sem);
+        reiserfs_down_read_safe(&REISERFS_I(inode)->i_xattr_sem, inode->i_sb);
 
         xahash = xattr_hash(buffer, buffer_size);
         while (buffer_pos < buffer_size || buffer_pos == 0) {