diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 6ad76397b31d..291a8250017a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -2301,7 +2301,7 @@ static void ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
 	handle_t *handle = NULL;
 	loff_t end = offset + bytes;
-	int ret = 0, credits = 0, locked = 0;
+	int ret = 0, credits = 0;
 
 	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&dealloc);
 
@@ -2312,13 +2312,6 @@ static void ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
 	    !dwc->dw_orphaned)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* ocfs2_file_write_iter will get i_mutex, so we need not lock if we
-	 * are in that context. */
-	if (dwc->dw_writer_pid != task_pid_nr(current)) {
-		inode_lock(inode);
-		locked = 1;
-	}
-
 	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2393,8 +2386,6 @@ static void ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
 	if (meta_ac)
 		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
 	ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &dealloc);
-	if (locked)
-		inode_unlock(inode);
 	ocfs2_dio_free_write_ctx(inode, dwc);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 05a0fb9854f9..c17285df12be 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1236,22 +1236,24 @@ int ocfs2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 				goto bail_unlock;
 			}
 		}
+		down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
 		handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS +
 					   2 * ocfs2_quota_trans_credits(sb));
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			status = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail_unlock;
+			goto bail_unlock_alloc;
 		}
 		status = __dquot_transfer(inode, transfer_to);
 		if (status < 0)
 			goto bail_commit;
 	} else {
+		down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
 		handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			status = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail_unlock;
+			goto bail_unlock_alloc;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1264,6 +1266,8 @@ int ocfs2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 
 bail_commit:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+bail_unlock_alloc:
+	up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
 bail_unlock:
 	if (status) {
 		ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);