diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 853f4f6..965c8ea 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -2795,7 +2795,6 @@
 	 */
 	if (pos > inode->i_size) {
 		struct reiserfs_transaction_handle myth;
-		reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 		/* If the file have grown beyond the border where it
 		   can have a tail, unmark it as needing a tail
 		   packing */
@@ -2806,10 +2805,9 @@
 			REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags &= ~i_pack_on_close_mask;
 
 		ret = journal_begin(&myth, inode->i_sb, 1);
-		if (ret) {
-			reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
+		if (ret)
 			goto journal_error;
-		}
+
 		reiserfs_update_inode_transaction(inode);
 		inode->i_size = pos;
 		/*
@@ -2821,16 +2819,13 @@
 		reiserfs_update_sd(&myth, inode);
 		update_sd = 1;
 		ret = journal_end(&myth, inode->i_sb, 1);
-		reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
 		if (ret)
 			goto journal_error;
 	}
 	if (th) {
-		reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 		if (!update_sd)
 			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		ret = reiserfs_end_persistent_transaction(th);
-		reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
@@ -2840,11 +2835,9 @@
 
       journal_error:
 	if (th) {
-		reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 		if (!update_sd)
 			reiserfs_update_sd(th, inode);
 		ret = reiserfs_end_persistent_transaction(th);
-		reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
 	}
 
 	return ret;