1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 8f71f5748c75..481e789a7697 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -306,18 +306,16 @@ nfsd_proc_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	inode_lock_nested(dirfhp->fh_dentry->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-	dchild = lookup_one(&nop_mnt_idmap, &QSTR_LEN(argp->name, argp->len),
-			    dirfhp->fh_dentry);
+	dchild = start_creating(&nop_mnt_idmap, dirfhp->fh_dentry,
+				&QSTR_LEN(argp->name, argp->len));
 	if (IS_ERR(dchild)) {
 		resp->status = nfserrno(PTR_ERR(dchild));
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_write;
 	}
 	fh_init(newfhp, NFS_FHSIZE);
 	resp->status = fh_compose(newfhp, dirfhp->fh_export, dchild, dirfhp);
 	if (!resp->status && d_really_is_negative(dchild))
 		resp->status = nfserr_noent;
-	dput(dchild);
 	if (resp->status) {
 		if (resp->status != nfserr_noent)
 			goto out_unlock;
@@ -409,6 +407,9 @@ nfsd_proc_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		/* File doesn't exist. Create it and set attrs */
 		resp->status = nfsd_create_locked(rqstp, dirfhp, &attrs, type,
 						  rdev, newfhp);
+		/* nfsd_create_locked() unlocked the parent */
+		dput(dchild);
+		goto out_write;
 	} else if (type == S_IFREG) {
 		dprintk("nfsd:   existing %s, valid=%x, size=%ld\n",
 			argp->name, attr->ia_valid, (long) attr->ia_size);
@@ -423,7 +424,8 @@ nfsd_proc_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	}
 
 out_unlock:
-	inode_unlock(dirfhp->fh_dentry->d_inode);
+	end_creating(dchild);
+out_write:
 	fh_drop_write(dirfhp);
 done:
 	fh_put(dirfhp);