diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index bd615dfe4ec7..47dbfb18877a 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -3052,13 +3052,14 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
 int reiserfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	int error;
 	unsigned int ia_valid;
+	int depth;
+	int error;
 
 	/* must be turned off for recursive notify_change calls */
 	ia_valid = attr->ia_valid &= ~(ATTR_KILL_SUID|ATTR_KILL_SGID);
 
-	reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
+	depth = reiserfs_write_lock_once(inode->i_sb);
 	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
 		/* version 2 items will be caught by the s_maxbytes check
 		 ** done for us in vmtruncate
@@ -3149,7 +3150,8 @@ int reiserfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	}
 
       out:
-	reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
+	reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, depth);
+
 	return error;
 }