diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 714e53b..636aab6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -4288,9 +4288,16 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	error = ocfs2_rw_lock(inode, 1);
+	if (error) {
+		mlog_errno(error);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	error = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &old_bh, 1);
 	if (error) {
 		mlog_errno(error);
+		ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, 1);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -4302,6 +4309,7 @@
 	up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_xattr_sem);
 
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
+	ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, 1);
 	brelse(old_bh);
 
 	if (error) {