diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index b9a1d81..4803ccc 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -247,7 +247,9 @@
 		if (!sd->s_element)
 			continue;
 		if (!strcmp(configfs_get_name(sd), name)) {
+			spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
 			list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+			spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
 			configfs_drop_dentry(sd, dir);
 			configfs_put(sd);
 			break;