diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index f28a7ad..28f6560 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@
 	struct ext2_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
 
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+		spin_lock(&sbi->s_lock);
 		sbi->s_mount_state |= EXT2_ERROR_FS;
 		es->s_state |= cpu_to_le16(EXT2_ERROR_FS);
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
 		ext2_sync_super(sb, es, 1);
 	}
 
@@ -84,6 +86,9 @@
 	va_end(args);
 }
 
+/*
+ * This must be called with sbi->s_lock held.
+ */
 void ext2_update_dynamic_rev(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ext2_super_block *es = EXT2_SB(sb)->s_es;
@@ -124,7 +129,9 @@
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		struct ext2_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
 
+		spin_lock(&sbi->s_lock);
 		es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
 		ext2_sync_super(sb, es, 1);
 	}
 	db_count = sbi->s_gdb_count;
@@ -209,6 +216,7 @@
 	struct ext2_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
 	unsigned long def_mount_opts;
 
+	spin_lock(&sbi->s_lock);
 	def_mount_opts = le32_to_cpu(es->s_default_mount_opts);
 
 	if (sbi->s_sb_block != 1)
@@ -281,6 +289,7 @@
 	if (!test_opt(sb, RESERVATION))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",noreservation");
 
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -766,6 +775,8 @@
 	sb->s_fs_info = sbi;
 	sbi->s_sb_block = sb_block;
 
+	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_lock);
+
 	/*
 	 * See what the current blocksize for the device is, and
 	 * use that as the blocksize.  Otherwise (or if the blocksize
@@ -1132,9 +1143,12 @@
 			    int wait)
 {
 	ext2_clear_super_error(sb);
+	spin_lock(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_lock);
 	es->s_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le32(ext2_count_free_blocks(sb));
 	es->s_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le32(ext2_count_free_inodes(sb));
 	es->s_wtime = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds());
+	/* unlock before we do IO */
+	spin_unlock(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_lock);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
 	if (wait)
 		sync_dirty_buffer(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
@@ -1151,16 +1165,18 @@
  * may have been checked while mounted and e2fsck may have
  * set s_state to EXT2_VALID_FS after some corrections.
  */
-
 static int ext2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
+	struct ext2_sb_info *sbi = EXT2_SB(sb);
 	struct ext2_super_block *es = EXT2_SB(sb)->s_es;
 
 	lock_kernel();
+	spin_lock(&sbi->s_lock);
 	if (es->s_state & cpu_to_le16(EXT2_VALID_FS)) {
 		ext2_debug("setting valid to 0\n");
 		es->s_state &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT2_VALID_FS);
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
 	ext2_sync_super(sb, es, wait);
 	unlock_kernel();
 
@@ -1186,6 +1202,7 @@
 	int err;
 
 	lock_kernel();
+	spin_lock(&sbi->s_lock);
 
 	/* Store the old options */
 	old_sb_flags = sb->s_flags;
@@ -1224,12 +1241,14 @@
 		sbi->s_mount_opt |= old_mount_opt & EXT2_MOUNT_XIP;
 	}
 	if ((*flags & MS_RDONLY) == (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
 		unlock_kernel();
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (*flags & MS_RDONLY) {
 		if (le16_to_cpu(es->s_state) & EXT2_VALID_FS ||
 		    !(sbi->s_mount_state & EXT2_VALID_FS)) {
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
 			unlock_kernel();
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -1239,6 +1258,7 @@
 		 */
 		es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
 		es->s_mtime = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds());
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
 		ext2_sync_super(sb, es, 1);
 	} else {
 		__le32 ret = EXT2_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
@@ -1259,6 +1279,7 @@
 		sbi->s_mount_state = le16_to_cpu(es->s_state);
 		if (!ext2_setup_super (sb, es, 0))
 			sb->s_flags &= ~MS_RDONLY;
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
 		ext2_write_super(sb);
 	}
 	unlock_kernel();
@@ -1268,6 +1289,7 @@
 	sbi->s_resuid = old_opts.s_resuid;
 	sbi->s_resgid = old_opts.s_resgid;
 	sb->s_flags = old_sb_flags;
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
 	unlock_kernel();
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1279,6 +1301,8 @@
 	struct ext2_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
 	u64 fsid;
 
+	spin_lock(&sbi->s_lock);
+
 	if (test_opt (sb, MINIX_DF))
 		sbi->s_overhead_last = 0;
 	else if (sbi->s_blocks_last != le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count)) {
@@ -1333,6 +1357,7 @@
 	       le64_to_cpup((void *)es->s_uuid + sizeof(u64));
 	buf->f_fsid.val[0] = fsid & 0xFFFFFFFFUL;
 	buf->f_fsid.val[1] = (fsid >> 32) & 0xFFFFFFFFUL;
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
 	return 0;
 }