diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
index 536d697a8a28..90d2fcb67a31 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
@@ -472,7 +472,9 @@ int reiserfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 		struct reiserfs_transaction_handle th;
 		size_t size = reiserfs_xattr_nblocks(inode,
 					     reiserfs_acl_size(clone->a_count));
-		reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
+		int depth;
+
+		depth = reiserfs_write_lock_once(inode->i_sb);
 		error = journal_begin(&th, inode->i_sb, size * 2);
 		if (!error) {
 			int error2;
@@ -482,7 +484,7 @@ int reiserfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 			if (error2)
 				error = error2;
 		}
-		reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
+		reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, depth);
 	}
 	posix_acl_release(clone);
 	return error;