diff --git a/fs/jffs2/fs.c b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
index 543420665c5b..d0fcc5f3497e 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/fs.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ void jffs2_read_inode (struct inode *inode)
 	c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(inode->i_sb);
 
 	jffs2_init_inode_info(f);
+	down(&f->sem);
 
 	ret = jffs2_do_read_inode(c, f, inode->i_ino, &latest_node);
 
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ struct inode *jffs2_new_inode (struct inode *dir_i, int mode, struct jffs2_raw_i
 
 	f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode);
 	jffs2_init_inode_info(f);
+	down(&f->sem);
 
 	memset(ri, 0, sizeof(*ri));
 	/* Set OS-specific defaults for new inodes */
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index 9e0b5458d9c0..93883817cbd0 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void jffs2_i_init_once(void * foo, kmem_cache_t * cachep, unsigned long f
 
 	if ((flags & (SLAB_CTOR_VERIFY|SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR)) ==
 	    SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR) {
-		init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&ei->sem);
+		init_MUTEX(&ei->sem);
 		inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 	}
 }