diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index d9a21d1..26cdb11 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1306,6 +1306,42 @@
 	wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_LOCK);
 }
 
+/*
+ * We rarely want to lock two inodes that do not have a parent/child
+ * relationship (such as directory, child inode) simultaneously. The
+ * vast majority of file systems should be able to get along fine
+ * without this. Do not use these functions except as a last resort.
+ */
+void inode_double_lock(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2)
+{
+	if (inode1 == NULL || inode2 == NULL || inode1 == inode2) {
+		if (inode1)
+			mutex_lock(&inode1->i_mutex);
+		else if (inode2)
+			mutex_lock(&inode2->i_mutex);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (inode1 < inode2) {
+		mutex_lock_nested(&inode1->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+		mutex_lock_nested(&inode2->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
+	} else {
+		mutex_lock_nested(&inode2->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+		mutex_lock_nested(&inode1->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_double_lock);
+
+void inode_double_unlock(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2)
+{
+	if (inode1)
+		mutex_unlock(&inode1->i_mutex);
+
+	if (inode2 && inode2 != inode1)
+		mutex_unlock(&inode2->i_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_double_unlock);
+
 static __initdata unsigned long ihash_entries;
 static int __init set_ihash_entries(char *str)
 {
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index a567010..49fb9f1 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -707,9 +707,9 @@
  * key here is the 'actor' worker passed in that actually moves the data
  * to the wanted destination. See pipe_to_file/pipe_to_sendpage above.
  */
-ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
-			 loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
-			 splice_actor *actor)
+static ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				  struct file *out, loff_t *ppos, size_t len,
+				  unsigned int flags, splice_actor *actor)
 {
 	int ret, do_wakeup, err;
 	struct splice_desc sd;
@@ -722,9 +722,6 @@
 	sd.file = out;
 	sd.pos = *ppos;
 
-	if (pipe->inode)
-		mutex_lock(&pipe->inode->i_mutex);
-
 	for (;;) {
 		if (pipe->nrbufs) {
 			struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + pipe->curbuf;
@@ -797,9 +794,6 @@
 		pipe_wait(pipe);
 	}
 
-	if (pipe->inode)
-		mutex_unlock(&pipe->inode->i_mutex);
-
 	if (do_wakeup) {
 		smp_mb();
 		if (waitqueue_active(&pipe->wait))
@@ -810,6 +804,73 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+			 loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
+			 splice_actor *actor)
+{
+	ssize_t ret;
+	struct inode *inode = out->f_mapping->host;
+
+	/*
+	 * The actor worker might be calling ->prepare_write and
+	 * ->commit_write. Most of the time, these expect i_mutex to
+	 * be held. Since this may result in an ABBA deadlock with
+	 * pipe->inode, we have to order lock acquiry here.
+	 */
+	inode_double_lock(inode, pipe->inode);
+	ret = __splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, actor);
+	inode_double_unlock(inode, pipe->inode);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * generic_file_splice_write_nolock - generic_file_splice_write without mutexes
+ * @pipe:	pipe info
+ * @out:	file to write to
+ * @len:	number of bytes to splice
+ * @flags:	splice modifier flags
+ *
+ * Will either move or copy pages (determined by @flags options) from
+ * the given pipe inode to the given file. The caller is responsible
+ * for acquiring i_mutex on both inodes.
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t
+generic_file_splice_write_nolock(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+				 loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping = out->f_mapping;
+	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+	ssize_t ret;
+	int err;
+
+	err = remove_suid(out->f_dentry);
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		return err;
+
+	ret = __splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_file);
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		*ppos += ret;
+
+		/*
+		 * If file or inode is SYNC and we actually wrote some data,
+		 * sync it.
+		 */
+		if (unlikely((out->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
+			err = generic_osync_inode(inode, mapping,
+						  OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA);
+
+			if (err)
+				ret = err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_write_nolock);
+
 /**
  * generic_file_splice_write - splice data from a pipe to a file
  * @pipe:	pipe info
@@ -826,12 +887,21 @@
 			  loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = out->f_mapping;
+	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	ssize_t ret;
+	int err;
+
+	err = should_remove_suid(out->f_dentry);
+	if (unlikely(err)) {
+		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+		err = __remove_suid(out->f_dentry, err);
+		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 	ret = splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_file);
 	if (ret > 0) {
-		struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-
 		*ppos += ret;
 
 		/*
@@ -839,8 +909,6 @@
 		 * sync it.
 		 */
 		if (unlikely((out->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
-			int err;
-
 			mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 			err = generic_osync_inode(inode, mapping,
 						  OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA);
@@ -1400,13 +1468,7 @@
 	 * grabbing by inode address. Otherwise two different processes
 	 * could deadlock (one doing tee from A -> B, the other from B -> A).
 	 */
-	if (ipipe->inode < opipe->inode) {
-		mutex_lock_nested(&ipipe->inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-		mutex_lock_nested(&opipe->inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
-	} else {
-		mutex_lock_nested(&opipe->inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-		mutex_lock_nested(&ipipe->inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
-	}
+	inode_double_lock(ipipe->inode, opipe->inode);
 
 	do {
 		if (!opipe->readers) {
@@ -1450,8 +1512,7 @@
 		i++;
 	} while (len);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&ipipe->inode->i_mutex);
-	mutex_unlock(&opipe->inode->i_mutex);
+	inode_double_unlock(ipipe->inode, opipe->inode);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we put data in the output pipe, wakeup any potential readers.
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 661c7c5..2fe6e3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -623,6 +623,9 @@
 	I_MUTEX_QUOTA
 };
 
+extern void inode_double_lock(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2);
+extern void inode_double_unlock(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2);
+
 /*
  * NOTE: in a 32bit arch with a preemptable kernel and
  * an UP compile the i_size_read/write must be atomic
@@ -1709,6 +1712,8 @@
 extern void clear_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void destroy_inode(struct inode *);
 extern struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *);
+extern int __remove_suid(struct dentry *, int);
+extern int should_remove_suid(struct dentry *);
 extern int remove_suid(struct dentry *);
 extern void remove_dquot_ref(struct super_block *, int, struct list_head *);
 
@@ -1755,6 +1760,8 @@
 		struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 		struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
+extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_write_nolock(struct pipe_inode_info *,
+		struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 		struct file *out, loff_t *, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 extern long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 8558732..cb26e33 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1884,11 +1884,10 @@
  *	if suid or (sgid and xgrp)
  *		remove privs
  */
-int remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry)
+int should_remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	mode_t mode = dentry->d_inode->i_mode;
 	int kill = 0;
-	int result = 0;
 
 	/* suid always must be killed */
 	if (unlikely(mode & S_ISUID))
@@ -1901,13 +1900,28 @@
 	if (unlikely((mode & S_ISGID) && (mode & S_IXGRP)))
 		kill |= ATTR_KILL_SGID;
 
-	if (unlikely(kill && !capable(CAP_FSETID))) {
-		struct iattr newattrs;
+	if (unlikely(kill && !capable(CAP_FSETID)))
+		return kill;
 
-		newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_FORCE | kill;
-		result = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
-	}
-	return result;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int __remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry, int kill)
+{
+	struct iattr newattrs;
+
+	newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_FORCE | kill;
+	return notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
+}
+
+int remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int kill = should_remove_suid(dentry);
+
+	if (unlikely(kill))
+		return __remove_suid(dentry, kill);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_suid);