1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 75d3706..4899d78 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ static int lookup_and_delete_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name)
 	}
 
 	if (dentry->d_inode) {
+		reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 		err = xattr_unlink(xadir->d_inode, dentry);
+		reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
 		update_ctime(inode);
 	}
 
@@ -485,10 +487,14 @@ reiserfs_xattr_set_handle(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 	if (get_inode_sd_version(inode) == STAT_DATA_V1)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (!buffer)
-		return lookup_and_delete_xattr(inode, name);
-
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
+
+	if (!buffer) {
+		err = lookup_and_delete_xattr(inode, name);
+		reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	dentry = xattr_lookup(inode, name, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
 		reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);