diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index bd94d26b0b21..0f14f906dc65 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2630,7 +2630,16 @@ static loff_t ocfs2_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	case SEEK_SET:
 		break;
 	case SEEK_END:
-		offset += inode->i_size;
+		/* SEEK_END requires the OCFS2 inode lock for the file
+		 * because it references the file's size.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		offset += i_size_read(inode);
+		ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
 		break;
 	case SEEK_CUR:
 		if (offset == 0) {