diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
index 825390e1c138..7f7b42469ea7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
 
 	xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);
 
+	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
 	xfs_ioend_wait(ip);
+	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
 
 	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER) {
 		/*