diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 5bd8482e660a..7c61d0ec0159 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,10 @@ static int do_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			goto out_release;
 		}
 
+		spin_lock(&whiteout->i_lock);
 		whiteout->i_state |= I_LINKABLE;
+		spin_unlock(&whiteout->i_lock);
+
 		whiteout_ui = ubifs_inode(whiteout);
 		whiteout_ui->data = dev;
 		whiteout_ui->data_len = ubifs_encode_dev(dev, MKDEV(0, 0));
@@ -1430,7 +1433,11 @@ static int do_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 
 		inc_nlink(whiteout);
 		mark_inode_dirty(whiteout);
+
+		spin_lock(&whiteout->i_lock);
 		whiteout->i_state &= ~I_LINKABLE;
+		spin_unlock(&whiteout->i_lock);
+
 		iput(whiteout);
 	}