diff --git a/fs/jffs2/file.c b/fs/jffs2/file.c
index f8fb89b10227..34880a4c2173 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/file.c
@@ -135,20 +135,15 @@ static int jffs2_write_begin(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
 	struct page *pg;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode);
+	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(inode->i_sb);
 	pgoff_t index = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	uint32_t pageofs = index << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	pg = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
-	if (!pg)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	*pagep = pg;
-
 	jffs2_dbg(1, "%s()\n", __func__);
 
 	if (pageofs > inode->i_size) {
 		/* Make new hole frag from old EOF to new page */
-		struct jffs2_sb_info *c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(inode->i_sb);
 		struct jffs2_raw_inode ri;
 		struct jffs2_full_dnode *fn;
 		uint32_t alloc_len;
@@ -159,7 +154,7 @@ static int jffs2_write_begin(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
 		ret = jffs2_reserve_space(c, sizeof(ri), &alloc_len,
 					  ALLOC_NORMAL, JFFS2_SUMMARY_INODE_SIZE);
 		if (ret)
-			goto out_page;
+			goto out_err;
 
 		mutex_lock(&f->sem);
 		memset(&ri, 0, sizeof(ri));
@@ -189,7 +184,7 @@ static int jffs2_write_begin(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
 			ret = PTR_ERR(fn);
 			jffs2_complete_reservation(c);
 			mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
-			goto out_page;
+			goto out_err;
 		}
 		ret = jffs2_add_full_dnode_to_inode(c, f, fn);
 		if (f->metadata) {
@@ -204,13 +199,26 @@ static int jffs2_write_begin(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
 			jffs2_free_full_dnode(fn);
 			jffs2_complete_reservation(c);
 			mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
-			goto out_page;
+			goto out_err;
 		}
 		jffs2_complete_reservation(c);
 		inode->i_size = pageofs;
 		mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * While getting a page and reading data in, lock c->alloc_sem until
+	 * the page is Uptodate. Otherwise GC task may attempt to read the same
+	 * page in read_cache_page(), which causes a deadlock.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&c->alloc_sem);
+	pg = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
+	if (!pg) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto release_sem;
+	}
+	*pagep = pg;
+
 	/*
 	 * Read in the page if it wasn't already present. Cannot optimize away
 	 * the whole page write case until jffs2_write_end can handle the
@@ -220,15 +228,17 @@ static int jffs2_write_begin(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
 		mutex_lock(&f->sem);
 		ret = jffs2_do_readpage_nolock(inode, pg);
 		mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
-		if (ret)
-			goto out_page;
+		if (ret) {
+			unlock_page(pg);
+			put_page(pg);
+			goto release_sem;
+		}
 	}
 	jffs2_dbg(1, "end write_begin(). pg->flags %lx\n", pg->flags);
-	return ret;
 
-out_page:
-	unlock_page(pg);
-	put_page(pg);
+release_sem:
+	mutex_unlock(&c->alloc_sem);
+out_err:
 	return ret;
 }