diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 2fbdff6be25c..c9e16608f486 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -1058,10 +1058,21 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static loff_t sysfs_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	loff_t ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	ret = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
+}
 
 const struct file_operations sysfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= sysfs_readdir,
 	.release	= sysfs_dir_release,
-	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.llseek		= sysfs_dir_llseek,
 };