diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 0273759..201b40a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 #define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_SUPER
 #include <cluster/masklog.h>
@@ -581,6 +582,8 @@
 	struct mount_options parsed_options;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
 
+	lock_kernel();
+
 	if (!ocfs2_parse_options(sb, data, &parsed_options, 1)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
@@ -684,6 +687,7 @@
 			ocfs2_set_journal_params(osb);
 	}
 out:
+	unlock_kernel();
 	return ret;
 }