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-rw-r--r--fs/xattr.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 4d45b7189e7e..107f457143c3 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -295,11 +295,13 @@ vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
if (error)
return error;
+ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
error = security_inode_removexattr(dentry, name);
- if (error)
+ if (error) {
+ mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
return error;
+ }
- mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
error = inode->i_op->removexattr(dentry, name);
mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);