1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index 85389fe2abd0..8d6e145138bb 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -540,10 +540,15 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct,
         ac.ac_swaps = encode_comp_t(0);
 
         /*
+         * Get freeze protection. If the fs is frozen, just skip the write
+         * as we could deadlock the system otherwise.
+         */
+        if (!file_start_write_trylock(file))
+                goto out;
+        /*
          * Kernel segment override to datasegment and write it
          * to the accounting file.
          */
-        file_start_write(file);
         fs = get_fs();
         set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
         /*