1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index ca15fbd391c8..1780f062dbaf 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -296,11 +296,13 @@ vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
         if (error)
                 return error;
 
+        mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
         error = security_inode_removexattr(dentry, name);
-        if (error)
+        if (error) {
+                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
                 return error;
+        }
 
-        mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
         error = inode->i_op->removexattr(dentry, name);
         mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);